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Yakima: 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 642. The highest number of fires - 825 took place in 2018, and the least - 428 in 2012. The data has a rising trend.


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

Yakima:	69.6
Union Gap:	61.4
West Valley:	1.4
Terrace Heights:	1.4
Selah:	100.3
Wapato:	264.0
Toppenish:	151.9
Ellensburg:	81.5
Sunnyside:	59.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Yakima:	7 minutes
Union Gap:	7 minutes
Selah:	11 minutes
Moxee:	10 minutes
Wapato:	10 minutes
Naches:	16 minutes
White Swan:	14 minutes
Toppenish:	8 minutes
Zillah:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 4 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Washington value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is lower.


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

Yakima:	1.2
Wapato:	2.6
Wenatchee:	2.5
Richland:	3.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 5. The highest number of casualties - 11 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 1 in 2004. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2005, and the lowest 1 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Washington value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.



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

Yakima:	7.2
Union Gap:	8.6
Selah:	6.7
Moxee:	0.0
Wapato:	10.7
Naches:	0.0
White Swan:	8.4
Toppenish:	4.3
Zillah:	3.9

34.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Friday.
According to the 10,908 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.8%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in January.
Out of all 68,131 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.3%), Fire (16.0%), and Good Intent Call (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Yakima, WA
• 37,68355.3%Rescue & EMS
• 10,90816.0%Fire
• 7,47611.0%Good Intent Call
• 4,7877.0%Service Call
• 3,7075.4%Hazardous Condition
• 3,2824.8%False Alarm
• 1550.2%Special Incident
• 930.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.1%), and Outside Fires (35.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Yakima, WA
• 4,59342.1%Structure Fires
• 3,82335.0%Outside Fires
• 1,57614.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 9168.4%Other