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Powell: Fire Incidents, Wyoming (WY)

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 40. The highest number of reported fires - 133 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Powell:	98.9
Cody:	80.4
Worland:	46.0
Sheridan:	15.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Powell:	6 minutes
Lovell:	5 minutes
Cody:	6 minutes
Worland:	5 minutes
Billings:	6 minutes
Thermopolis:	11 minutes
Hardin:	15 minutes
Sheridan:	6 minutes

24.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Tuesday.
According to the 687 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.0%) took place during April, and the least (3.2%) in November.
Out of all 1,441 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.7%), False Alarm (20.2%), and Rescue & EMS (18.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Powell, WY
• 68747.7%Fire
• 29120.2%False Alarm
• 26418.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1369.4%Hazardous Condition
• 473.3%Good Intent Call
• 151.0%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.0%), and Structure Fires (23.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Powell, WY
• 30945.0%Outside Fires
• 16023.3%Structure Fires
• 14421.0%Other
• 7410.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires