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Bainbridge Island: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 50. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 112 took place in 2002, and the least - 5 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Bainbridge Island:	19.9
Silverdale:	41.8
Manchester:	1.8
Poulsbo:	74.6
Bremerton:	80.3
Seattle:	33.2
Port Orchard:	133.7
Shoreline:	23.4
Edmonds:	16.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Bainbridge Island:	7 minutes
Silverdale:	7 minutes
Poulsbo:	8 minutes
Bremerton:	6 minutes
Seattle:	5 minutes
Port Orchard:	8 minutes
Shoreline:	7 minutes
Edmonds:	7 minutes
Mountlake Terrace:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 19. This indicator was the highest - 67 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Washington value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Bainbridge Island:	17.7
Silverdale:	14.6
Poulsbo:	6.0
Bremerton:	18.6
Seattle:	9.1
Port Orchard:	28.1
Shoreline:	19.2
Edmonds:	13.1
Mountlake Terrace:	13.9

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 847 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.4%) took place during July, and the least (5.9%) in April.
Out of all 15,026 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.5%), Hazardous Condition (10.6%), and Good Intent Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bainbridge Island, WA
• 8,48856.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,60010.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4519.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,2568.4%False Alarm
• 1,2398.2%Service Call
• 8475.6%Fire
• 820.5%Overpressure Rupture
• 410.3%Severe Weather
• 220.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.1%), and Outside Fires (35.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bainbridge Island, WA
• 39947.1%Structure Fires
• 29835.2%Outside Fires
• 11813.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 323.8%Other