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Astoria: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 73. The highest number of reported fires - 134 took place in 2016, and the least - 20 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Astoria, OR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Astoria:	62.7
Warrenton:	48.3
Seaside:	48.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Astoria:	6 minutes
Seaside:	8 minutes
Tillamook:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Astoria, OR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Astoria:	4.8
Seaside:	3.8
Tillamook:	27.9

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.3%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,241 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.7%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in April.
Out of all 6,063 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.4%), Fire (20.5%), and Good Intent Call (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Astoria, OR
• 2,93648.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,24120.5%Fire
• 68011.2%Good Intent Call
• 5068.3%Hazardous Condition
• 3375.6%Service Call
• 3125.1%False Alarm
• 430.7%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.8%), and Outside Fires (33.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Astoria, OR
• 60648.8%Structure Fires
• 41233.2%Outside Fires
• 13110.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 927.4%Other