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Smiths Grove: 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 34. The highest number of fires - 58 took place in 2014, and the least - 16 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the Kentucky median value.


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

Smiths Grove:	12 minutes
Bowling Green:	6 minutes
Glasgow:	7 minutes
Scottsville:	10 minutes
Morgantown:	16 minutes
Leitchfield:	4 minutes
Franklin:	8 minutes
Tompkinsville:	11 minutes
Russellville:	5 minutes

33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 586 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in May.
Out of all 2,475 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.5%), Fire (23.7%), and Hazardous Condition (11.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Smiths Grove, KY
• 97839.5%Rescue & EMS
• 58623.7%Fire
• 28611.6%Hazardous Condition
• 28111.4%False Alarm
• 26810.8%Good Intent Call
• 642.6%Service Call
• 100.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (37.9%), and Structure Fires (36.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Smiths Grove, KY
• 22237.9%Outside Fires
• 21436.5%Structure Fires
• 12721.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 233.9%Other