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Maple Valley: 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 76. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 169 took place in 2003, and the least - 6 in 2016. The data has a growing trend.


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

Maple Valley:	7.2
Covington:	17.4
Kent:	38.4
Auburn:	54.1
Renton:	52.4
Lake Tapps:	10.1
Enumclaw:	59.8
Issaquah:	26.1
Pacific:	31.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Washington median value.


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

Maple Valley:	6 minutes
Covington:	6 minutes
Kent:	6 minutes
Auburn:	6 minutes
Renton:	6 minutes
Enumclaw:	8 minutes
Issaquah:	7 minutes
SeaTac:	5 minutes
Des Moines:	5 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 casualties - 1 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 36 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Maple Valley:	3.1
Covington:	15.6
Kent:	11.6
Auburn:	9.9
Renton:	17.9
Enumclaw:	10.6
Issaquah:	3.7
SeaTac:	19.7
Des Moines:	16.0

34.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.0%) on Monday.
According to the 1,292 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (19.3%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in February.
Out of all 5,621 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (32.0%), Fire (23.0%), and Good Intent Call (13.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Maple Valley, WA
• 1,80032.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,29223.0%Fire
• 76413.6%Good Intent Call
• 76013.5%Hazardous Condition
• 65911.7%Service Call
• 2734.9%False Alarm
• 520.9%Severe Weather
• 110.2%Special Incident
• 100.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.0%), and Outside Fires (39.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Maple Valley, WA
• 54342.0%Structure Fires
• 51539.9%Outside Fires
• 19415.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 403.1%Other