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Shell Knob: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 48. The highest number of reported fires - 86 took place in 2012, and the least - 30 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Missouri median value.


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

Shell Knob:	7 minutes
Branson West:	8 minutes
Reeds Spring:	10 minutes
Galena:	13 minutes
Eureka Springs:	8 minutes
Berryville:	9 minutes
Branson:	6 minutes
Green Forest:	11 minutes
Crane:	10 minutes

24.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Friday, and the least (10.9%) on Monday.
According to the 725 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during February, and the least (4.6%) in June.
Out of all 3,273 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (51.0%), Fire (22.2%), and Rescue & EMS (10.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Shell Knob, MO
• 1,67051.0%Rescue & EMS
• 72522.2%Fire
• 32810.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2969.0%Good Intent Call
• 1655.0%Service Call
• 431.3%Severe Weather
• 371.1%False Alarm
• 90.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (56.6%), and Structure Fires (29.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Shell Knob, MO
• 41056.6%Outside Fires
• 21129.1%Structure Fires
• 8411.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 202.8%Other