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Bow: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 17. The highest number of reported fires - 35 took place in 2006, and the least - 1 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Bow, WA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Bow:	14.2
Burlington:	91.4
Mount Vernon:	19.3
Sudden Valley:	1.6
Anacortes:	66.5
Bellingham:	23.1
Ferndale:	73.2
Oak Harbor:	43.0
Stanwood:	41.5

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.7%) on Friday.
Based on the 265 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during July, and the least (4.5%) in January.
Out of all 1,016 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.0%), Fire (26.1%), and Hazardous Condition (17.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bow, WA
• 47847.0%Rescue & EMS
• 26526.1%Fire
• 17817.5%Hazardous Condition
• 636.2%Good Intent Call
• 121.2%False Alarm
• 101.0%Special Incident
• 90.9%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (31.7%), and Outside Fires (27.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bow, WA
• 8431.7%Structure Fires
• 7427.9%Outside Fires
• 6725.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4015.1%Other