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Wapato: 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 fire incidents - 266 took place in 2003, and the least - 91 in 2016. The data has a declining trend.


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

Wapato:	264.0
Toppenish:	151.9
Union Gap:	61.4
Terrace Heights:	1.4
Yakima:	69.6
West Valley:	1.4
Selah:	100.3
Sunnyside:	59.9
Grandview:	44.6

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


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

Wapato:	10 minutes
Toppenish:	8 minutes
Moxee:	10 minutes
Zillah:	9 minutes
Union Gap:	7 minutes
Yakima:	7 minutes
Granger:	11 minutes
White Swan:	14 minutes
Selah:	11 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 - 3 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is higher.


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

Wapato:	2.6
Yakima:	1.2
Richland:	3.6
Kennewick:	1.2
Pasco:	0.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 6 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 47 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Wapato:	10.7
Toppenish:	4.3
Moxee:	0.0
Zillah:	3.9
Union Gap:	8.6
Yakima:	7.2
Granger:	3.4
White Swan:	8.4
Selah:	6.7

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (14.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 2,721 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (30.2%) took place during July, and the least (2.7%) in January.
Out of all 7,682 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.1%), Fire (35.4%), and Good Intent Call (12.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wapato, WA
• 3,54146.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,72135.4%Fire
• 95412.4%Good Intent Call
• 1972.6%Service Call
• 1371.8%False Alarm
• 1151.5%Hazardous Condition
• 150.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (63.9%), and Structure Fires (17.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wapato, WA
• 1,73863.9%Outside Fires
• 48617.9%Structure Fires
• 36913.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1284.7%Other