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Salyersville: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 38. The highest number of fires - 97 took place in 2016, and the least - 10 in 2011. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Kentucky median value.


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

Salyersville:	9 minutes
Prestonsburg:	5 minutes
Jackson:	10 minutes
Campton:	10 minutes
Pikeville:	4 minutes
Hazard:	6 minutes
Louisa:	8 minutes
Morehead:	8 minutes
Beattyville:	7 minutes

33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 615 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.7%) in October.
Out of all 2,821 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.6%), Fire (21.8%), and Hazardous Condition (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Salyersville, KY
• 1,68259.6%Rescue & EMS
• 61521.8%Fire
• 1977.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1154.1%False Alarm
• 923.3%Good Intent Call
• 622.2%Special Incident
• 562.0%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.3%), and Outside Fires (31.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Salyersville, KY
• 24239.3%Structure Fires
• 19331.4%Outside Fires
• 10216.6%Other
• 7812.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires