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Portland: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

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 1,916. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 3,258 took place in 2003, and the least - 151 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Portland:	17.5
Milwaukie:	31.5
Oak Grove:	1.6
Happy Valley:	20.6
Lake Oswego:	12.6
Clackamas:	79.2
Beaverton:	16.8
Tigard:	12.3
Gladstone:	27.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Oregon median value.


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

Portland:	5 minutes
Milwaukie:	5 minutes
Happy Valley:	5 minutes
Lake Oswego:	6 minutes
Clackamas:	6 minutes
Beaverton:	6 minutes
Tigard:	6 minutes
Gladstone:	5 minutes
Gresham:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of deaths - 6 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2010. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 3 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2010. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Oregon value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Portland, OR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Portland:	1.1
Beaverton:	1.8
Gresham:	0.9
Hillsboro:	0.3

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 31. The highest number of injuries - 71 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 2 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 31 in 2008, and the lowest 1 in 2012. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the Oregon value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Portland:	15.9
Milwaukie:	24.0
Happy Valley:	7.5
Lake Oswego:	13.1
Clackamas:	14.0
Beaverton:	15.3
Tigard:	16.8
Gladstone:	5.0
Gresham:	11.5

38.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 61.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 32,568 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.0%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in December.
Out of all 51,655 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (63.0%), Rescue & EMS (22.7%), and Good Intent Call (5.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Portland, OR
• 32,56863.0%Fire
• 11,72522.7%Rescue & EMS
• 3,0015.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,7873.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4912.9%Service Call
• 1,0282.0%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.6%), and Structure Fires (33.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Portland, OR
• 15,49647.6%Outside Fires
• 10,96033.7%Structure Fires
• 5,31216.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 8002.5%Other