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Newport: 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 fires per year is 40. The highest number of fire incidents - 79 took place in 2006, and the least - 8 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 13 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Newport:	13 minutes
Priest River:	9 minutes
Athol:	12 minutes
Sandpoint:	10 minutes
Deer Park:	10 minutes
Rathdrum:	10 minutes
Hayden:	9 minutes
Chewelah:	7 minutes
Post Falls:	7 minutes

29.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.3%) on Tuesday.
According to the 679 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during June, and the least (4.3%) in February.
Out of all 1,840 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.2%), Fire (36.9%), and Good Intent Call (6.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Newport, WA
• 79443.2%Rescue & EMS
• 67936.9%Fire
• 1256.8%Good Intent Call
• 945.1%Service Call
• 914.9%Hazardous Condition
• 452.4%False Alarm
• 70.4%Special Incident
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.6%), and Structure Fires (39.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Newport, WA
• 28942.6%Outside Fires
• 27039.8%Structure Fires
• 8612.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 345.0%Other