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Wheat Ridge: Fire Incidents, Colorado (CO)

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 71. The highest number of reported fires - 111 took place in 2008, and the least - 15 in 2014. The data has a growing trend.


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

Wheat Ridge:	29.3
Arvada:	14.3
Lakewood:	24.8
Golden:	100.7
Westminster:	19.6
Denver:	25.0
Federal Heights:	36.4
Welby:	0.7
Sheridan:	45.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Colorado median value.


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

Wheat Ridge:	5 minutes
Arvada:	5 minutes
Lakewood:	5 minutes
Golden:	7 minutes
Westminster:	5 minutes
Denver:	4 minutes
Federal Heights:	5 minutes
Sheridan:	4 minutes
Englewood:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 6 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Wheat Ridge:	9.2
Arvada:	13.9
Lakewood:	36.1
Golden:	12.7
Westminster:	34.0
Denver:	20.6
Federal Heights:	21.2
Sheridan:	17.1
Englewood:	10.1

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,202 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during July, and the least (5.4%) in January.
Out of all 20,760 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.3%), Hazardous Condition (10.5%), and Good Intent Call (10.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wheat Ridge, CO
• 12,31759.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,18710.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2,06810.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,5427.4%Service Call
• 1,4036.8%False Alarm
• 1,2025.8%Fire
• 290.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (37.8%), and Outside Fires (33.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wheat Ridge, CO
• 45437.8%Structure Fires
• 40333.5%Outside Fires
• 25521.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 907.5%Other