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Washington: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

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 63. The highest number of fires - 103 took place in 2004, and the least - 27 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.

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


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

Washington:	7 minutes
Warrenton:	12 minutes
Thomson:	6 minutes
Appling:	6 minutes
Elberton:	8 minutes
Grovetown:	5 minutes
Evans:	5 minutes
Watkinsville:	7 minutes
Athens:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 50 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Washington:	5.6
Warrenton:	9.1
Thomson:	2.9
Appling:	0.0
Elberton:	2.1
Grovetown:	9.5
Evans:	8.0
Watkinsville:	0.0
Athens:	11.6

25.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,065 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in June.
Out of all 4,313 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.6%), Fire (24.7%), and Hazardous Condition (12.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Washington, GA
• 1,92544.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,06524.7%Fire
• 52812.2%Hazardous Condition
• 44510.3%Good Intent Call
• 2455.7%False Alarm
• 962.2%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.4%), and Structure Fires (33.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Washington, GA
• 49446.4%Outside Fires
• 35533.3%Structure Fires
• 20319.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.2%Other