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Portage: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 72. The highest number of fire incidents - 137 took place in 2015, and the least - 10 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Portage, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Portage:	23.9
Kalamazoo:	79.9
Three Rivers:	23.2
Springfield:	46.1
Battle Creek:	54.7
Allegan:	153.8
Sturgis:	11.0
Dowagiac:	121.2
Marshall:	75.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Portage:	5 minutes
Kalamazoo:	4 minutes
Vicksburg:	8 minutes
Richland:	6 minutes
Paw Paw:	5 minutes
Plainwell:	7 minutes
Three Rivers:	5 minutes
Decatur:	8 minutes
Battle Creek:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of casualties - 8 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 23. This indicator was the highest - 91 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Michigan value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Portage:	22.0
Kalamazoo:	17.8
Vicksburg:	3.4
Richland:	9.1
Paw Paw:	1.4
Plainwell:	5.3
Three Rivers:	7.4
Decatur:	1.8
Battle Creek:	13.2

32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,229 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during July, and the least (6.7%) in December.
Out of all 22,632 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.3%), Good Intent Call (19.6%), and Service Call (10.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Portage, MI
• 11,15349.3%Rescue & EMS
• 4,42519.6%Good Intent Call
• 2,26810.0%Service Call
• 1,9548.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4716.5%False Alarm
• 1,2295.4%Fire
• 1080.5%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.4%), and Outside Fires (24.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Portage, MI
• 66954.4%Structure Fires
• 29924.3%Outside Fires
• 22017.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 413.3%Other