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Sullivan: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2003 - 2015 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2015 the average number of fires per year is 59. The highest number of fire incidents - 107 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Indiana median value.


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

Sullivan:	4 minutes
Linton:	5 minutes
Robinson:	7 minutes
West Terre Haute:	5 minutes
Bloomfield:	10 minutes
Marshall:	9 minutes
Terre Haute:	6 minutes
Vincennes:	3 minutes
Lawrenceville:	10 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 767 incident reports from years 2003 - 2015 most fires (11.6%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in August.
Out of all 1,227 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2015, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (62.5%), Overpressure Rupture (22.2%), and Rescue & EMS (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sullivan, IN
• 76762.5%Fire
• 27322.2%Rescue & EMS
• 12510.2%Hazardous Condition
• 221.8%Service Call
• 211.7%False Alarm
• 121.0%Good Intent Call
• 50.4%Special Incident
• 20.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (36.0%), and Structure Fires (32.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sullivan, IN
• 27636.0%Outside Fires
• 25232.9%Structure Fires
• 15219.8%Other
• 8711.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires