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Alamosa: Fire Incidents, Colorado (CO)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 67. The highest number of fire incidents - 102 took place in 2011, and the least - 23 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Alamosa:	80.4
Salida:	93.1
Canon City:	49.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Alamosa:	6 minutes
Pagosa Springs:	11 minutes
Salida:	5 minutes
Canon City:	6 minutes

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.6%) on Monday.
According to the 942 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.6%) in September.
Out of all 4,172 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Service Call (48.6%), Fire (22.6%), and Hazardous Condition (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Alamosa, CO
• 2,02848.6%Service Call
• 94222.6%Fire
• 46411.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2957.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2526.0%Good Intent Call
• 1874.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.8%), and Structure Fires (31.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Alamosa, CO
• 52655.8%Outside Fires
• 29431.2%Structure Fires
• 9510.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 272.9%Other