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Granite Falls: 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 49. The highest number of fires - 82 took place in 2003, and the least - 20 in 2016. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Granite Falls:	9 minutes
Lake Stevens:	8 minutes
Marysville:	7 minutes
Arlington:	8 minutes
Snohomish:	8 minutes
Everett:	6 minutes
Monroe:	8 minutes
Sultan:	8 minutes
Mukilteo:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 52 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Washington value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Granite Falls:	6.0
Lake Stevens:	9.5
Marysville:	7.1
Arlington:	4.7
Snohomish:	3.4
Everett:	15.0
Monroe:	2.0
Sultan:	3.4
Mukilteo:	19.2

36.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Monday.
According to the 827 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during July, and the least (5.6%) in February.
Out of all 9,504 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.1%), Service Call (17.8%), and Good Intent Call (14.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Granite Falls, WA
• 4,85651.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,69417.8%Service Call
• 1,37214.4%Good Intent Call
• 8278.7%Fire
• 5946.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1411.5%False Alarm
• 110.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.4%), and Outside Fires (26.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Granite Falls, WA
• 45855.4%Structure Fires
• 21826.4%Outside Fires
• 10412.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 475.7%Other