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Hoquiam: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 60. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 124 took place in 2002, and the least - 0 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Hoquiam:	97.7
Aberdeen:	58.2
Ocean Shores:	14.2
Olympic:	1.6
Shelton:	368.9
Tumwater:	58.6
Olympia:	118.4
Centralia:	104.3
Chehalis:	282.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Washington median value.


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

Hoquiam:	5 minutes
Aberdeen:	5 minutes
Westport:	9 minutes
Ocean Shores:	6 minutes
Montesano:	9 minutes
Raymond:	4 minutes
Elma:	10 minutes
Ocean Park:	6 minutes
Rochester:	9 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Washington value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Hoquiam:	4.9
Aberdeen:	12.0
Westport:	0.0
Ocean Shores:	1.5
Montesano:	10.5
Raymond:	14.7
Elma:	0.0
Ocean Park:	15.9
Rochester:	1.7

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,012 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during July, and the least (6.1%) in October.
Out of all 4,349 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.1%), Fire (23.3%), and Service Call (5.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hoquiam, WA
• 2,35254.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,01223.3%Fire
• 2355.4%Service Call
• 2355.4%Good Intent Call
• 2124.9%Hazardous Condition
• 2024.6%False Alarm
• 922.1%Special Incident
• 90.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.2%), and Outside Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hoquiam, WA
• 43743.2%Structure Fires
• 34033.6%Outside Fires
• 12612.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 10910.8%Other