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Plain City: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 65. The highest number of fires - 109 took place in 2010, and the least - 32 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Ohio median value.


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

Plain City:	8 minutes
Dublin:	5 minutes
Hilliard:	6 minutes
Marysville:	8 minutes
Powell:	6 minutes
West Jefferson:	8 minutes
Upper Arlington:	5 minutes
Worthington:	4 minutes
Mechanicsburg:	9 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Ohio value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Plain City:	5.5
Dublin:	2.4
Hilliard:	12.7
Marysville:	6.3
Powell:	11.1
West Jefferson:	9.7
Upper Arlington:	15.7
Worthington:	10.2
Mechanicsburg:	9.5

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,099 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during October, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 4,847 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (32.2%), Fire (22.7%), and Hazardous Condition (15.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Plain City, OH
• 1,56332.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,09922.7%Fire
• 77215.9%Hazardous Condition
• 73915.2%Good Intent Call
• 3206.6%Service Call
• 3156.5%False Alarm
• 160.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 140.3%Special Incident
• 90.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.4%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Plain City, OH
• 57652.4%Structure Fires
• 37734.3%Outside Fires
• 12711.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 191.7%Other