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Valley Center: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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 90. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 126 took place in 2006, and the least - 54 in 2010. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Valley Center:	119.5
Park City:	41.9
Bel Aire:	17.4
Wichita:	48.0
Newton:	59.3
Andover:	51.4
Haysville:	53.7
Derby:	66.0
Augusta:	154.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Kansas median value.


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

Valley Center:	8 minutes
Wichita:	4 minutes
Halstead:	6 minutes
Benton:	10 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes
Andover:	5 minutes
Goddard:	7 minutes
Haysville:	6 minutes
Derby:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Kansas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Valley Center:	5.2
Wichita:	20.3
Halstead:	4.0
Benton:	2.9
Newton:	2.5
Andover:	20.5
Goddard:	12.8
Haysville:	16.6
Derby:	5.7

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,538 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 6,620 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (27.4%), Fire (23.2%), and Good Intent Call (17.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Valley Center, KS
• 1,81427.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,53823.2%Fire
• 1,14817.3%Good Intent Call
• 81312.3%Special Incident
• 69610.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3935.9%Service Call
• 1942.9%False Alarm
• 190.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (69.6%), and Structure Fires (16.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Valley Center, KS
• 1,07069.6%Outside Fires
• 25716.7%Structure Fires
• 17911.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 322.1%Other