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Burkesville: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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 33. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 69 took place in 2017, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 13 minutes. This is much higher compared to the state median value.


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

Burkesville:	13 minutes
Tompkinsville:	11 minutes
Columbia:	12 minutes
Russell Springs:	8 minutes
Monticello:	10 minutes
Greensburg:	10 minutes
Glasgow:	7 minutes
Campbellsville:	6 minutes
Liberty:	9 minutes

33.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.2%) on Friday.
According to the 565 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,334 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.4%), Hazardous Condition (25.9%), and Good Intent Call (15.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Burkesville, KY
• 56542.4%Fire
• 34625.9%Hazardous Condition
• 20915.7%Good Intent Call
• 13610.2%Rescue & EMS
• 453.4%Service Call
• 251.9%False Alarm
• 60.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.3%), and Outside Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Burkesville, KY
• 27348.3%Structure Fires
• 19033.6%Outside Fires
• 7914.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 234.1%Other