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Waukee: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 27. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 50 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2009. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Waukee, IA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Waukee:	27.4
Clive:	16.4
West Des Moines:	13.6
Grimes:	20.9
Urbandale:	10.8
Johnston:	21.4
Des Moines:	20.0
Norwalk:	2.0
Ankeny:	1.4

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.
31.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 436 fires from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (11.5%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in January.
Out of all 4,814 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.0%), False Alarm (12.4%), and Fire (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Waukee, IA
• 2,64755.0%Rescue & EMS
• 59612.4%False Alarm
• 4369.1%Fire
• 3978.2%Service Call
• 3256.8%Good Intent Call
• 2645.5%Hazardous Condition
• 711.5%Special Incident
• 661.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 120.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.7%), and Outside Fires (31.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Waukee, IA
• 20847.7%Structure Fires
• 13831.7%Outside Fires
• 6514.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 255.7%Other