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Piketon: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 79. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 132 took place in 2008, and the least - 12 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 16 minutes. This is much higher compared to the state median value.


The median response time in Piketon, OH compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Piketon:	16 minutes
Beaver:	15 minutes
Lucasville:	12 minutes
McDermott:	12 minutes
Minford:	11 minutes
Chillicothe:	9 minutes
Jackson:	10 minutes
West Portsmouth:	8 minutes
Portsmouth:	4 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Piketon, OH compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Piketon:	3.7
Beaver:	1.4
Lucasville:	4.2
McDermott:	6.7
Minford:	0.0
Chillicothe:	9.5
Jackson:	16.2
West Portsmouth:	22.2
Portsmouth:	15.4

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,338 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.0%) in December.
Out of all 2,590 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.7%), Hazardous Condition (30.2%), and Rescue & EMS (10.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Piketon, OH
• 1,33851.7%Fire
• 78130.2%Hazardous Condition
• 26210.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1154.4%Good Intent Call
• 441.7%False Alarm
• 321.2%Service Call
• 80.3%Special Incident
• 60.2%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.9%), and Outside Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Piketon, OH
• 69551.9%Structure Fires
• 45033.6%Outside Fires
• 18914.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.3%Other