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Caldwell: Fire Incidents, Idaho (ID)

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 305. The highest number of reported fires - 420 took place in 2014, and the least - 224 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Caldwell:	65.6
Middleton:	77.9
Nampa:	29.8
Star:	64.4
Meridian:	25.0
Eagle:	41.0
Kuna:	53.9
Emmett:	182.4
Garden City:	28.3

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


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

Caldwell:	8 minutes
Middleton:	10 minutes
Nampa:	6 minutes
Star:	8 minutes
Wilder:	8 minutes
Meridian:	6 minutes
Parma:	17 minutes
Eagle:	7 minutes
Kuna:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 4 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.


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

Caldwell:	1.0
Nampa:	1.7
Meridian:	1.7
Boise:	2.2

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 4. The highest number of injuries - 11 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 38 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Idaho value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Caldwell:	13.7
Middleton:	4.0
Nampa:	24.0
Star:	0.0
Wilder:	11.9
Meridian:	9.7
Parma:	0.0
Eagle:	1.8
Kuna:	0.6

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 5,181 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.3%) took place during July, and the least (4.9%) in January.
Out of all 31,176 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.2%), Fire (16.6%), and Good Intent Call (13.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Caldwell, ID
• 16,26352.2%Rescue & EMS
• 5,18116.6%Fire
• 4,24213.6%Good Intent Call
• 2,9229.4%Service Call
• 1,2744.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2414.0%False Alarm
• 330.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.6%), and Structure Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Caldwell, ID
• 2,57149.6%Outside Fires
• 1,75233.8%Structure Fires
• 75414.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1042.0%Other