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Myrtle Creek: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 43. The highest number of reported fires - 86 took place in 2003, and the least - 17 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the Oregon median value.


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

Myrtle Creek:	7 minutes
Roseburg:	6 minutes
Sutherlin:	6 minutes
Grants Pass:	7 minutes
Eagle Point:	9 minutes
White City:	6 minutes
Central Point:	8 minutes
Jacksonville:	10 minutes
Medford:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Oregon value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Myrtle Creek:	4.1
Roseburg:	14.4
Sutherlin:	8.1
Grants Pass:	14.4
Eagle Point:	10.4
White City:	11.8
Central Point:	19.6
Jacksonville:	9.2
Medford:	9.8

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (18.7%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 732 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.5%) took place during July, and the least (4.5%) in February.
Out of all 4,009 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.4%), Fire (18.3%), and Good Intent Call (13.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Myrtle Creek, OR
• 1,94048.4%Rescue & EMS
• 73218.3%Fire
• 52813.2%Good Intent Call
• 41910.5%Service Call
• 3228.0%Hazardous Condition
• 541.3%False Alarm
• 70.2%Severe Weather
• 60.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.1%), and Structure Fires (33.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Myrtle Creek, OR
• 30842.1%Outside Fires
• 24333.2%Structure Fires
• 13718.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 446.0%Other