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Smithville: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 66. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 110 took place in 2007, and the least - 4 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the Tennessee median value.


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

Smithville:	12 minutes
Woodbury:	11 minutes
Baxter:	12 minutes
McMinnville:	6 minutes
Sparta:	9 minutes
Watertown:	12 minutes
Carthage:	7 minutes
Cookeville:	6 minutes
Spencer:	13 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 12. This indicator was the highest - 45 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Tennessee value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Smithville:	11.6
Woodbury:	3.6
Baxter:	20.6
McMinnville:	6.7
Sparta:	0.9
Watertown:	0.0
Carthage:	18.1
Cookeville:	13.8
Spencer:	1.1

32.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,125 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.7%) in August.
Out of all 2,476 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (45.4%), Rescue & EMS (22.1%), and Service Call (18.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Smithville, TN
• 1,12545.4%Fire
• 54622.1%Hazardous Condition
• 44918.1%Good Intent Call
• 30812.4%Rescue & EMS
• 361.5%False Alarm
• 60.2%Service Call
• 30.1%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.0%), and Outside Fires (33.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Smithville, TN
• 51746.0%Structure Fires
• 37733.5%Outside Fires
• 19517.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 363.2%Other