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Wellsville: 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 fires per year is 44. The highest number of reported fires - 76 took place in 2012, and the least - 7 in 2010. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Wellsville:	10 minutes
Baldwin City:	9 minutes
Gardner:	6 minutes
Ottawa:	5 minutes
Spring Hill:	7 minutes
Paola:	10 minutes
Eudora:	8 minutes
Osawatomie:	9 minutes
Olathe:	5 minutes

25.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 746 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (23.1%) took place during March, and the least (2.9%) in September.
Out of all 2,670 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.4%), Fire (27.9%), and Good Intent Call (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wellsville, KS
• 1,05239.4%Rescue & EMS
• 74627.9%Fire
• 32912.3%Good Intent Call
• 2479.3%Special Incident
• 1345.0%Hazardous Condition
• 933.5%Service Call
• 572.1%False Alarm
• 80.3%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (64.1%), and Structure Fires (19.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wellsville, KS
• 47864.1%Outside Fires
• 14419.3%Structure Fires
• 9312.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 314.2%Other