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Farmington: Fire Incidents, New Mexico (NM)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 237. The highest number of fire incidents - 382 took place in 2008, and the least - 17 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Farmington:	54.1
Kirtland:	100.7
Bloomfield:	163.7
Aztec:	116.8
Shiprock:	96.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Farmington:	6 minutes
Flora Vista:	15 minutes
Kirtland:	10 minutes
Bloomfield:	12 minutes
Aztec:	12 minutes
Shiprock:	18 minutes
Ignacio:	11 minutes
Durango:	10 minutes
Bayfield:	12 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the New Mexico value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Farmington:	2.9
Flora Vista:	2.0
Kirtland:	0.0
Bloomfield:	1.7
Aztec:	0.0
Shiprock:	2.1
Ignacio:	0.9
Durango:	2.2
Bayfield:	10.8

28.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 3,788 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (17.3%) took place during June, and the least (5.3%) in February.
Out of all 45,357 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.4%), Good Intent Call (22.0%), and Fire (8.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Farmington, NM
• 24,65754.4%Rescue & EMS
• 9,97422.0%Good Intent Call
• 3,7888.4%Fire
• 3,1847.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2,3535.2%Service Call
• 1,3593.0%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (58.1%), and Structure Fires (25.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Farmington, NM
• 2,20058.1%Outside Fires
• 98025.9%Structure Fires
• 46912.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1393.7%Other