Kansas
The State Fire Marshal publishes statewide fatality totals but no county breakdown, and the public data collector is not populated at the county level.
Why this state isn't scored
The Fireground Index scores one comparable metric — the civilian fire-death rate — computed from exact per-county death counts and Census population. For Kansas, no public source provides those counts completely and unsuppressed for all 105 counties. Rather than publish estimated, partial, or suppressed figures, the state is shown here transparently.
Sources checked
| Source | What it provides |
|---|---|
| Kansas State Fire Marshal (firemarshal.ks.gov) | Publishes statewide annual totals (2024 ≈ 39 fire-related fatalities) but no per-county table; KFIRS/NERIS is a data-entry portal. |
| NASFM Fire Fatality Data Hub — Kansas (incl. its public dashboard) | The county-bearing layer has 0 records; the only populated layer is a 2,775-row generic-template victim table with no Kansas county field. The dashboard is a shell over empty data. |
| KDHE / CDC WONDER (X00–X09 by county) | Residence-based and small-count suppressed (counts under 10 blanked). |
What failed the source gate
Every state must clear this public-source standard before it is scored:
- Public & authoritative (a state fire-marshal / fire-agency or primary record)
- County-level (or the jurisdiction's county-equivalents)
- Civilian fire deaths, incident-based (counted where the fire occurred; firefighter line-of-duty excluded)
- Exact counts — not rates, not statistically suppressed small cells
- All counties present, with zero-death counties verifiable (not ambiguous omission)
- A recent 5-year window, or a best-available clearly-labeled window
Not met for Kansas:
- A per-county breakdown (published statewide only)
- Unsuppressed exact counts
- All 105 counties present with verifiable zeros
What data would unlock scoring
A per-county, incident-based civilian fire-death count table (all 105 counties, explicit zeros) for a recent window.
Could a records request unlock it?
Likely yes. The State Fire Marshal already publishes statewide totals, so a records request for the KFIRS/NERIS per-county breakdown — or NASFM populating the Kansas layer — would unlock scoring.
Relevant office: Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal
Have this data? Help make Kansas scoreable.
If you work with a state fire marshal’s office, fire-service data program, or public-health agency and can share a complete, per-county civilian fire-death dataset, we will evaluate it against the public-source standard and — if it qualifies — publish a fully-cited scorecard for Kansas.
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