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Palmer: Fire Incidents, Alaska (AK)

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 149. The highest number of reported fires - 223 took place in 2012, and the least - 91 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.


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

Palmer:	254.8
Wasilla:	255.0
Meadow Lakes:	115.4
Anchorage:	27.7
Sterling:	42.7
Kenai:	45.8
Kalifornsky:	19.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Palmer:	10 minutes
Wasilla:	10 minutes
Meadow Lakes:	12 minutes
Big Lake:	12 minutes
Willow:	14 minutes
Anchorage:	6 minutes
Nikiski:	7 minutes
Kenai:	5 minutes
Soldotna:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 6 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 33 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Palmer, AK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Palmer:	3.2
Wasilla:	3.6
Anchorage:	4.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 13 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 20. This indicator was the highest - 72 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the Alaska value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Palmer:	19.4
Wasilla:	10.9
Meadow Lakes:	7.7
Big Lake:	5.2
Willow:	11.1
Anchorage:	20.8
Nikiski:	9.9
Kenai:	12.0
Soldotna:	31.2

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,529 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.9%) took place during May, and the least (5.0%) in January.
Out of all 7,355 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.4%), Rescue & EMS (21.8%), and Good Intent Call (18.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palmer, AK
• 2,52934.4%Fire
• 1,60521.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,38018.8%Good Intent Call
• 76310.4%Hazardous Condition
• 5567.6%Service Call
• 4956.7%False Alarm
• 150.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.5%), and Outside Fires (39.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palmer, AK
• 1,00039.5%Structure Fires
• 99439.3%Outside Fires
• 50520.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 301.2%Other