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Science Hill: 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 fires per year is 33. The highest number of fires - 51 took place in 2005, and the least - 15 in 2018. The data has a declining 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 Science Hill, KY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Science Hill:	9 minutes
Somerset:	7 minutes
Eubank:	10 minutes
Liberty:	9 minutes
Brodhead:	9 minutes
Hustonville:	12 minutes
Stanford:	11 minutes
Russell Springs:	8 minutes
Monticello:	10 minutes

30.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.7%) on Monday.
Based on the 568 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during February, and the least (3.9%) in May.
Out of all 1,138 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (49.9%), Overpressure Rupture (27.8%), and Service Call (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Science Hill, KY
• 56849.9%Fire
• 31627.8%Rescue & EMS
• 998.7%Good Intent Call
• 696.1%Hazardous Condition
• 564.9%Service Call
• 262.3%False Alarm
• 20.2%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.5%), and Outside Fires (36.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Science Hill, KY
• 26446.5%Structure Fires
• 20836.6%Outside Fires
• 8414.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 122.1%Other