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Tompkinsville: 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 41. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 93 took place in 2010, and the least - 3 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the Kentucky median value.


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

Tompkinsville:	11 minutes
Burkesville:	13 minutes
Glasgow:	7 minutes
Scottsville:	10 minutes
Columbia:	12 minutes
Smiths Grove:	12 minutes
Greensburg:	10 minutes
Russell Springs:	8 minutes
Bowling Green:	6 minutes

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 689 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in May.
Out of all 1,040 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (66.3%), Rescue & EMS (20.2%), and Hazardous Condition (6.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tompkinsville, KY
• 68966.3%Fire
• 21020.2%Rescue & EMS
• 676.4%Hazardous Condition
• 262.5%Service Call
• 171.6%Good Intent Call
• 151.4%False Alarm
• 121.2%Severe Weather
• 30.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.4%), and Outside Fires (40.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tompkinsville, KY
• 32046.4%Structure Fires
• 27740.2%Outside Fires
• 7110.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.0%Other