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Jerome: Fire Incidents, Idaho (ID)

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 133. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 201 took place in 2012, and the least - 49 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Jerome:	129.3
Twin Falls:	26.6
Burley:	83.7
Rupert:	95.8
Hailey:	76.8
Mountain Home:	46.9
Chubbuck:	18.5
Pocatello:	25.5
Boise:	24.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the Idaho median value.


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

Jerome:	7 minutes
Wendell:	8 minutes
Twin Falls:	5 minutes
Filer:	9 minutes
Buhl:	8 minutes
Kimberly:	9 minutes
Gooding:	10 minutes
Hagerman:	11 minutes
Paul:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Jerome:	1.3
Wendell:	1.7
Twin Falls:	9.3
Filer:	0.0
Buhl:	11.0
Kimberly:	11.4
Gooding:	6.2
Hagerman:	0.0
Paul:	0.0

24.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,262 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (19.2%) took place during July, and the least (3.8%) in January.
Out of all 10,262 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.9%), Hazardous Condition (23.4%), and Fire (22.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Jerome, ID
• 4,19940.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2,40223.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2,26222.0%Fire
• 6806.6%Good Intent Call
• 4364.2%False Alarm
• 2562.5%Service Call
• 160.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (62.2%), and Structure Fires (18.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Jerome, ID
• 1,40862.2%Outside Fires
• 42318.7%Structure Fires
• 33614.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 954.2%Other