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Mercer Island: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 44. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 80 took place in 2004, and the least - 11 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Mercer Island:	12.1
Newcastle:	17.9
Bellevue:	26.4
Renton:	52.4
Seattle:	33.2
Tukwila:	102.1
Kirkland:	6.4
Redmond:	21.2
Burien:	39.4

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 Mercer Island, WA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Mercer Island:	6 minutes
Bellevue:	6 minutes
Renton:	6 minutes
Seattle:	5 minutes
Tukwila:	6 minutes
Kirkland:	6 minutes
Redmond:	6 minutes
Burien:	5 minutes
Issaquah:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 21 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Mercer Island:	5.4
Bellevue:	11.9
Renton:	17.9
Seattle:	9.1
Tukwila:	15.6
Kirkland:	2.5
Redmond:	7.6
Burien:	14.7
Issaquah:	3.7

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 742 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (21.2%) took place during July, and the least (4.0%) in March.
Out of all 12,122 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.8%), Good Intent Call (10.6%), and False Alarm (9.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mercer Island, WA
• 7,61462.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,28510.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,1189.2%False Alarm
• 7426.1%Fire
• 6485.3%Service Call
• 6475.3%Hazardous Condition
• 480.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.2%), and Outside Fires (32.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mercer Island, WA
• 32844.2%Structure Fires
• 24432.9%Outside Fires
• 8811.9%Other
• 8211.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires