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Kodiak: Fire Incidents, Alaska (AK)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 46. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 68 took place in 2017, and the least - 23 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Kodiak:	69.3
Homer:	93.0
Kalifornsky:	19.1
Kenai:	45.8
Sterling:	42.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Kodiak:	4 minutes
Homer:	12 minutes
Soldotna:	6 minutes
Kenai:	5 minutes
Nikiski:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 17. This indicator was the highest - 105 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Kodiak:	18.1
Homer:	10.3
Soldotna:	31.2
Kenai:	12.0
Nikiski:	9.9

32.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 774 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during May, and the least (5.7%) in February.
Out of all 3,298 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.1%), Fire (23.5%), and Hazardous Condition (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kodiak, AK
• 1,39042.1%Rescue & EMS
• 77423.5%Fire
• 47714.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2838.6%False Alarm
• 1996.0%Good Intent Call
• 1404.2%Service Call
• 180.5%Special Incident
• 90.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.0%), and Outside Fires (27.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kodiak, AK
• 42655.0%Structure Fires
• 21427.6%Outside Fires
• 11815.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 162.1%Other