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Ellensburg: 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 fires per year is 144. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 246 took place in 2003, and the least - 8 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Ellensburg:	81.5
Selah:	100.3
Terrace Heights:	1.4
West Valley:	1.4
Yakima:	69.6
Union Gap:	61.4
Wenatchee:	53.0
East Wenatchee Bench:	1.0
East Wenatchee:	84.9

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


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

Ellensburg:	10 minutes
Naches:	16 minutes
Cle Elum:	11 minutes
Selah:	11 minutes
Yakima:	7 minutes
Union Gap:	7 minutes
Wenatchee:	6 minutes
Moxee:	10 minutes
East Wenatchee:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Washington value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Ellensburg:	4.1
Naches:	0.0
Cle Elum:	2.5
Selah:	6.7
Yakima:	7.2
Union Gap:	8.6
Wenatchee:	3.7
Moxee:	0.0
East Wenatchee:	0.5

27.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 2,443 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.2%) took place during July, and the least (4.8%) in January.
Out of all 18,309 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.9%), Fire (13.3%), and Hazardous Condition (6.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ellensburg, WA
• 12,06565.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2,44313.3%Fire
• 1,1336.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,0485.7%Good Intent Call
• 8974.9%False Alarm
• 5893.2%Service Call
• 1100.6%Special Incident
• 220.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (51.8%), and Structure Fires (28.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ellensburg, WA
• 1,26651.8%Outside Fires
• 70728.9%Structure Fires
• 42017.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 502.0%Other