Kentucky
The State Fire Marshal investigates fires on request (a partial subset, statewide only), the public data collector is not populated at the county level, and vital statistics are suppressed.
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 Kentucky, no public source provides those counts completely and unsuppressed for all 120 counties. Rather than publish estimated, partial, or suppressed figures, the state is shown here transparently.
Sources checked
| Source | What it provides |
|---|---|
| KY Office of State Fire Marshal / Division of Fire Prevention | Investigates fires only on request; publishes a statewide investigated subset, no county table. |
| NASFM Fire Fatality Data Hub — Kentucky (incl. the public “Fire Fatality Analysis Viewer” dashboard) | The county-bearing layers have 0 records; the only populated layer is a 2,775-row victim table with no county field and corrupt dates. The public dashboard is a viewer over this same empty collector. |
| KIPRC / KY DPH / CDC WONDER | Residence-based; suppress counts under 6–10. |
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 Kentucky:
- A complete county census (SFM figure is a subset)
- Unsuppressed exact counts
- All 120 counties present
What data would unlock scoring
A per-county, incident-based civilian fire-death count table (all 120 counties, explicit zeros) for a recent window.
Could a records request unlock it?
Likely yes. A records request for a per-county incident-based fatality table, or NASFM publishing a populated Kentucky layer, would unlock scoring.
Relevant office: KY Division of Fire Prevention / State Fire Marshal
Have this data? Help make Kentucky 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 Kentucky.
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