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Russell Springs: 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 fires per year is 31. The highest number of reported fires - 56 took place in 2012, and the least - 5 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Kentucky median value.


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

Russell Springs:	8 minutes
Columbia:	12 minutes
Monticello:	10 minutes
Liberty:	9 minutes
Burkesville:	13 minutes
Campbellsville:	6 minutes
Science Hill:	9 minutes
Somerset:	7 minutes
Greensburg:	10 minutes

33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 534 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during February, and the least (3.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,138 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (46.9%), Rescue & EMS (35.2%), and Service Call (6.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Russell Springs, KY
• 53446.9%Fire
• 40135.2%Rescue & EMS
• 796.9%Service Call
• 756.6%Hazardous Condition
• 211.8%Good Intent Call
• 201.8%False Alarm
• 30.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.3%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.8%), and Outside Fires (31.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Russell Springs, KY
• 25046.8%Structure Fires
• 16831.5%Outside Fires
• 9517.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.9%Other