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Centralia: 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 149. The highest number of fires - 206 took place in 2012, and the least - 37 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Centralia:	104.3
Chehalis:	282.8
Tumwater:	58.6
Lacey:	35.4
Olympia:	118.4
Yelm:	167.0
DuPont:	2.9
Shelton:	368.9
Steilacoom:	8.1

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


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

Centralia:	6 minutes
Chehalis:	7 minutes
Rochester:	9 minutes
Tenino:	10 minutes
Winlock:	11 minutes
Tumwater:	7 minutes
Toledo:	11 minutes
Lacey:	6 minutes
Olympia:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Centralia:	6.7
Chehalis:	2.5
Rochester:	1.7
Tenino:	0.0
Winlock:	0.0
Tumwater:	6.6
Toledo:	1.1
Lacey:	3.6
Olympia:	4.6

32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 2,529 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during July, and the least (6.0%) in April.
Out of all 18,455 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.7%), Fire (13.7%), and Good Intent Call (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Centralia, WA
• 12,11965.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,52913.7%Fire
• 1,2977.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,1016.0%Service Call
• 7694.2%Hazardous Condition
• 6013.3%False Alarm
• 250.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (53.8%), and Outside Fires (29.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Centralia, WA
• 1,36053.8%Structure Fires
• 73329.0%Outside Fires
• 30211.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1345.3%Other