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Sequim: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

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 53. The highest number of fire incidents - 113 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.


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

Sequim:	48.5
Discovery Bay:	2.2
Port Townsend:	94.4
Port Angeles:	76.7
Oak Harbor:	43.0
Poulsbo:	74.6
Silverdale:	41.8
Stanwood:	41.5
Anacortes:	66.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Washington median value.


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

Sequim:	7 minutes
Port Townsend:	7 minutes
Port Angeles:	9 minutes
Quilcene:	13 minutes
Oak Harbor:	5 minutes
Poulsbo:	8 minutes
Silverdale:	7 minutes
Stanwood:	8 minutes
Anacortes:	7 minutes

31.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.7%) on Monday.
Based on the 896 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.7%) took place during July, and the least (5.0%) in November.
Out of all 14,116 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (74.4%), Good Intent Call (8.2%), and Service Call (7.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sequim, WA
• 10,50074.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,1608.2%Good Intent Call
• 1,1157.9%Service Call
• 8966.3%Fire
• 2962.1%False Alarm
• 1230.9%Hazardous Condition
• 250.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (35.9%), and Structure Fires (32.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sequim, WA
• 32235.9%Outside Fires
• 29032.4%Structure Fires
• 16918.9%Other
• 11512.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires