Jump to a detailed profile or search site with

Seneca: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 40. The highest number of fire incidents - 97 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the Missouri median value.


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

Seneca:	9 minutes
Neosho:	7 minutes
Baxter Springs:	7 minutes
Galena:	5 minutes
Joplin:	6 minutes
Webb City:	5 minutes
Columbus:	10 minutes
Carthage:	7 minutes
Chetopa:	6 minutes

28.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.7%) on Thursday.
Based on the 641 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (17.6%) took place during February, and the least (2.3%) in June.
Out of all 1,200 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (53.4%), Rescue & EMS (18.8%), and Good Intent Call (9.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Seneca, MO
• 64153.4%Fire
• 22518.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1109.2%Good Intent Call
• 1058.8%Service Call
• 1048.7%Hazardous Condition
• 131.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (59.8%), and Structure Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Seneca, MO
• 38359.8%Outside Fires
• 21032.8%Structure Fires
• 416.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 71.1%Other