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Rathdrum: Fire Incidents, Idaho (ID)

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 52. The highest number of reported fires - 85 took place in 2006, and the least - 13 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Rathdrum:	70.0
Hayden:	38.7
Post Falls:	42.8
Sandpoint:	106.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Rathdrum:	10 minutes
Hayden:	9 minutes
Post Falls:	7 minutes
Coeur d'Alene:	6 minutes
Athol:	12 minutes
Priest River:	9 minutes
Sandpoint:	10 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 injuries - 1 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Rathdrum:	3.4
Hayden:	3.2
Post Falls:	18.9
Coeur d'Alene:	8.6
Athol:	0.0
Priest River:	1.6
Sandpoint:	2.9

32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
Based on the 883 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.2%) took place during August, and the least (5.2%) in April.
Out of all 7,084 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.1%), Good Intent Call (15.9%), and Fire (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rathdrum, ID
• 3,82954.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,12315.9%Good Intent Call
• 88312.5%Fire
• 6278.9%Service Call
• 4446.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1732.4%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.9%), and Structure Fires (39.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rathdrum, ID
• 37942.9%Outside Fires
• 34839.4%Structure Fires
• 10011.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 566.3%Other