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Newcastle: 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 19. The highest number of fire incidents - 29 took place in 2012, and the least - 11 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Newcastle, WA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Newcastle:	17.9
Renton:	52.4
Mercer Island:	12.1
Bellevue:	26.4
Issaquah:	26.1
Tukwila:	102.1
Sammamish:	11.3
SeaTac:	44.2
Burien:	39.4

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
37.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 319 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (23.8%) took place during July, and the least (2.8%) in December.
Out of all 4,519 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.9%), False Alarm (8.7%), and Fire (7.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Newcastle, WA
• 3,06767.9%Rescue & EMS
• 3948.7%False Alarm
• 3197.1%Fire
• 2826.2%Service Call
• 2565.7%Good Intent Call
• 1844.1%Hazardous Condition
• 100.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (49.5%), and Structure Fires (38.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Newcastle, WA
• 15849.5%Outside Fires
• 12438.9%Structure Fires
• 3210.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 51.6%Other