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Scottsbluff: Fire Incidents, Nebraska (NE)

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 94. The highest number of fires - 156 took place in 2012, and the least - 1 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Scottsbluff:	59.8
Gering:	61.3
Alliance:	5.9
Sidney:	24.6
Chadron:	15.6

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


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

Scottsbluff:	5 minutes
Gering:	7 minutes
Alliance:	10 minutes
Crawford:	20 minutes
Sterling:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 35 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Scottsbluff:	7.5
Gering:	14.6
Alliance:	13.8
Crawford:	0.0
Sterling:	5.3

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,605 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.0%) in January.
Out of all 15,485 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.8%), Hazardous Condition (36.3%), and Fire (10.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Scottsbluff, NE
• 6,00538.8%Rescue & EMS
• 5,61936.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,60510.4%Fire
• 9115.9%Good Intent Call
• 8795.7%Service Call
• 4232.7%False Alarm
• 220.1%Special Incident
• 180.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (53.8%), and Structure Fires (34.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Scottsbluff, NE
• 86453.8%Outside Fires
• 54934.2%Structure Fires
• 17210.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 201.2%Other