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West Union: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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 16. The highest number of fire incidents - 27 took place in 2012, and the least - 4 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

25.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.4% in the evening. The most fires (20.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (9.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 273 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (23.1%) took place during April, and the least (3.3%) in February.
Out of all 518 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (52.7%), Hazardous Condition (29.2%), and Rescue & EMS (5.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Union, IA
• 27352.7%Fire
• 15129.2%Hazardous Condition
• 275.2%Rescue & EMS
• 203.9%False Alarm
• 152.9%Good Intent Call
• 152.9%Special Incident
• 101.9%Service Call
• 40.8%Severe Weather
• 30.6%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (46.9%), and Structure Fires (21.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Union, IA
• 12846.9%Outside Fires
• 5921.6%Structure Fires
• 4817.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3813.9%Other