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Wamego: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 42. The highest number of fires - 68 took place in 2010, and the least - 18 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Wamego:	8 minutes
Manhattan:	5 minutes
Silver Lake:	11 minutes
Junction City:	4 minutes
Hoyt:	10 minutes
Mayetta:	9 minutes
Auburn:	9 minutes
Topeka:	5 minutes
Holton:	6 minutes

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Friday.
Based on the 721 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.7%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 1,454 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (49.6%), Hazardous Condition (20.8%), and Rescue & EMS (12.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wamego, KS
• 72149.6%Fire
• 30220.8%Hazardous Condition
• 17412.0%Rescue & EMS
• 966.6%Good Intent Call
• 674.6%False Alarm
• 553.8%Severe Weather
• 312.1%Service Call
• 60.4%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.9%), and Structure Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wamego, KS
• 40355.9%Outside Fires
• 19727.3%Structure Fires
• 719.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 506.9%Other