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Sitka: Fire Incidents, Alaska (AK)

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 17. The highest number of reported fires - 35 took place in 2013, and the least - 3 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Sitka, AK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Sitka:	24.0
Juneau:	35.1
Ketchikan:	80.5
Sterling:	42.7
Homer:	93.0
Kalifornsky:	19.1
Kenai:	45.8

33.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 292 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during May, and the least (4.8%) in October.
Out of all 1,590 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (24.8%), False Alarm (21.7%), and Fire (18.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sitka, AK
• 39524.8%Hazardous Condition
• 34521.7%False Alarm
• 29218.4%Fire
• 21213.3%Service Call
• 18811.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1237.7%Good Intent Call
• 181.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 120.8%Special Incident
• 50.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.7%), and Outside Fires (26.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sitka, AK
• 15151.7%Structure Fires
• 7626.0%Outside Fires
• 5117.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 144.8%Other