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Elma: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 54. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 113 took place in 2018, and the least - 4 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Washington median value.


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

Elma:	10 minutes
Montesano:	9 minutes
Aberdeen:	5 minutes
Rochester:	9 minutes
Shelton:	9 minutes
Hoquiam:	5 minutes
Tumwater:	7 minutes
Olympia:	7 minutes
Raymond:	4 minutes

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 917 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during August, and the least (5.5%) in February.
Out of all 7,743 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.8%), Good Intent Call (14.6%), and Fire (11.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elma, WA
• 4,93763.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,13214.6%Good Intent Call
• 91711.8%Fire
• 3895.0%Service Call
• 2122.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1381.8%False Alarm
• 150.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.1%), and Structure Fires (37.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elma, WA
• 40444.1%Outside Fires
• 33937.0%Structure Fires
• 11412.4%Other
• 606.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires