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College Place: 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 22. The highest number of fire incidents - 53 took place in 2005, and the least - 1 in 2014. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in College Place, WA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
College Place:	13.0
Walla Walla:	26.3
Finley:	8.3
Pasco:	47.5
Kennewick:	54.0
Richland:	34.6
Connell:	17.9
West Richland:	39.9
Othello:	54.1

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.4%) on Friday.
According to the 372 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.0%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in November.
Out of all 3,234 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.7%), Fire (11.5%), and Service Call (7.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in College Place, WA
• 1,99561.7%Rescue & EMS
• 37211.5%Fire
• 2427.5%Service Call
• 2407.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2216.8%False Alarm
• 1494.6%Good Intent Call
• 70.2%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.5%), and Outside Fires (37.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in College Place, WA
• 15842.5%Structure Fires
• 14037.6%Outside Fires
• 5414.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 205.4%Other