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Shoreline: 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 160. The highest number of reported fires - 252 took place in 2006, and the least - 38 in 2015. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Shoreline:	23.4
Lake Forest Park:	12.6
Mountlake Terrace:	14.9
Edmonds:	16.5
Brier:	10.4
Kenmore:	14.5
Lynnwood:	56.1
Bothell:	32.5
Kirkland:	6.4

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


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

Shoreline:	7 minutes
Mountlake Terrace:	7 minutes
Edmonds:	7 minutes
Kenmore:	6 minutes
Lynnwood:	7 minutes
Bothell:	6 minutes
Kirkland:	6 minutes
Woodinville:	7 minutes
Seattle:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Shoreline, WA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Shoreline:	2.9
Lynnwood:	0.5
Kirkland:	0.0
Seattle:	1.2
Bellevue:	1.1
Everett:	1.7

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of casualties - 15 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 19. This indicator was the highest - 77 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2017. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Washington value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Shoreline:	19.2
Mountlake Terrace:	13.9
Edmonds:	13.1
Kenmore:	7.4
Lynnwood:	7.8
Bothell:	10.0
Kirkland:	2.5
Woodinville:	3.3
Seattle:	9.1

33.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Tuesday.
According to the 2,713 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.8%) took place during July, and the least (4.6%) in February.
Out of all 43,310 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (73.2%), Fire (6.3%), and False Alarm (6.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Shoreline, WA
• 31,71173.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,7136.3%Fire
• 2,6516.1%False Alarm
• 2,6476.1%Good Intent Call
• 2,0744.8%Service Call
• 1,3843.2%Hazardous Condition
• 690.2%Special Incident
• 460.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.2%), and Outside Fires (33.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Shoreline, WA
• 1,11841.2%Structure Fires
• 91933.9%Outside Fires
• 41615.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2609.6%Other