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Elizabeth: Fire Incidents, Colorado (CO)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of fire incidents - 60 took place in 2011, and the least - 13 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Elizabeth:	8 minutes
Castle Rock:	7 minutes
Parker:	7 minutes
Sedalia:	15 minutes
Lone Tree:	6 minutes
Centennial:	6 minutes
Highlands Ranch:	7 minutes
Peyton:	12 minutes
Monument:	8 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 553 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during August, and the least (6.3%) in February.
Out of all 4,205 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (45.7%), Fire (13.2%), and Hazardous Condition (12.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elizabeth, CO
• 1,92145.7%Rescue & EMS
• 55313.2%Fire
• 52812.6%Hazardous Condition
• 45510.8%Good Intent Call
• 44410.6%Service Call
• 2024.8%False Alarm
• 801.9%Special Incident
• 140.3%Severe Weather
• 80.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (45.8%), and Structure Fires (40.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elizabeth, CO
• 25345.8%Outside Fires
• 22340.3%Structure Fires
• 417.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 366.5%Other