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Saginaw: 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 fires per year is 733. The highest number of fire incidents - 954 took place in 2003, and the least - 547 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.


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

Saginaw:	121.3
Buena Vista:	2.9
Carrollton:	8.9
Bridgeport:	13.4
Freeland:	32.5
Bay City:	61.5
Midland:	37.2
Flushing:	100.8
Flint:	89.8

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


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

Saginaw:	5 minutes
Bay City:	5 minutes
Burt:	11 minutes
Hemlock:	12 minutes
Essexville:	6 minutes
Birch Run:	11 minutes
Montrose:	11 minutes
Chesaning:	10 minutes
Midland:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of deaths - 5 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the Michigan value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Saginaw, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Saginaw:	2.5
Bay City:	0.9
Midland:	1.6
Flint:	4.1

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 13. The highest number of casualties - 23 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 4 in 2014. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 17. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2005, and the lowest 7 in 2014. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Saginaw:	17.7
Bay City:	14.9
Burt:	5.8
Hemlock:	1.8
Essexville:	1.9
Birch Run:	0.0
Montrose:	1.6
Chesaning:	3.0
Midland:	18.8

35.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 12,464 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in January.
Out of all 67,711 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.0%), Fire (18.4%), and Hazardous Condition (17.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Saginaw, MI
• 25,72738.0%Rescue & EMS
• 12,46418.4%Fire
• 11,96017.7%Hazardous Condition
• 6,6369.8%Service Call
• 5,5288.2%Good Intent Call
• 4,8557.2%False Alarm
• 4630.7%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (57.3%), and Outside Fires (23.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Saginaw, MI
• 7,13857.3%Structure Fires
• 2,94923.7%Outside Fires
• 1,90915.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4683.8%Other