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Morgantown: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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 47. The highest number of fire incidents - 104 took place in 2010, and the least - 4 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 16 minutes. This is much higher compared to the Kentucky median value.


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

Morgantown:	16 minutes
Bowling Green:	6 minutes
Central City:	8 minutes
Greenville:	11 minutes
Russellville:	5 minutes
Leitchfield:	4 minutes
Smiths Grove:	12 minutes
Franklin:	8 minutes
Scottsville:	10 minutes

33.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Monday.
Based on the 795 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in May.
Out of all 1,368 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (58.1%), Rescue & EMS (26.2%), and Good Intent Call (8.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Morgantown, KY
• 79558.1%Fire
• 35926.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1178.6%Good Intent Call
• 533.9%Hazardous Condition
• 181.3%Severe Weather
• 120.9%False Alarm
• 100.7%Service Call
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.9%), and Structure Fires (40.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Morgantown, KY
• 32540.9%Outside Fires
• 32040.3%Structure Fires
• 10913.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 415.2%Other