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Rainbow City: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 13. The highest number of reported fires - 52 took place in 2017, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Rainbow City, AL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Rainbow City:	50.3
Southside:	32.7
Attalla:	42.6
Gadsden:	58.5
Glencoe:	85.7
Boaz:	86.4
Jacksonville:	66.4
Anniston:	119.9
Albertville:	115.0

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Tuesday.
According to the 189 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (17.5%) took place during March, and the least (3.2%) in July.
Out of all 4,484 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.4%), Service Call (23.3%), and Good Intent Call (7.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rainbow City, AL
• 2,75161.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,04623.3%Service Call
• 3307.4%Good Intent Call
• 1894.2%Fire
• 1052.3%False Alarm
• 471.0%Hazardous Condition
• 130.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (53.4%), and Structure Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rainbow City, AL
• 10153.4%Outside Fires
• 6232.8%Structure Fires
• 2010.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 63.2%Other