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Orem: Fire Incidents, Utah (UT)

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 138. The highest number of reported fires - 239 took place in 2007, and the least - 1 in 2010. The data has a growing trend.


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

Orem:	14.5
Lindon:	20.8
Provo:	14.6
Pleasant Grove:	12.9
American Fork:	16.9
Cedar Hills:	5.8
Highland:	7.4
Springville:	15.4
Saratoga Springs:	8.8

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


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

Orem:	5 minutes
Provo:	6 minutes
Pleasant Grove:	6 minutes
American Fork:	7 minutes
Springville:	6 minutes
Lehi:	7 minutes
Spanish Fork:	8 minutes
Eagle Mountain:	9 minutes
Draper:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 15 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Orem:	3.8
Provo:	10.5
Pleasant Grove:	4.4
American Fork:	5.9
Springville:	3.5
Lehi:	5.8
Spanish Fork:	1.2
Eagle Mountain:	0.0
Draper:	3.2

27.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.3%) on Sunday.
According to the 2,354 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.5%) in February.
Out of all 25,979 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.7%), Fire (9.1%), and Good Intent Call (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Orem, UT
• 17,60067.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,3549.1%Fire
• 1,8757.2%Good Intent Call
• 1,4765.7%False Alarm
• 1,3325.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2694.9%Service Call
• 480.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.5%), and Outside Fires (30.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Orem, UT
• 93139.5%Structure Fires
• 72730.9%Outside Fires
• 47420.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2229.4%Other