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Kettle Falls: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 33. The highest number of reported fires - 57 took place in 2008, and the least - 11 in 2011. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Kettle Falls:	5 minutes
Colville:	5 minutes
Chewelah:	7 minutes
Deer Park:	10 minutes
Newport:	13 minutes
Priest River:	9 minutes
Omak:	5 minutes
Airway Heights:	6 minutes
Spokane:	6 minutes

29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (9.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 533 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (17.4%) took place during July, and the least (4.5%) in December.
Out of all 992 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (53.7%), Rescue & EMS (14.9%), and Hazardous Condition (13.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kettle Falls, WA
• 53353.7%Fire
• 14814.9%Rescue & EMS
• 12913.0%Hazardous Condition
• 636.4%Good Intent Call
• 545.4%Service Call
• 535.3%False Alarm
• 80.8%Special Incident
• 30.3%Severe Weather
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.5%), and Structure Fires (28.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kettle Falls, WA
• 29655.5%Outside Fires
• 15228.5%Structure Fires
• 438.1%Other
• 427.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires