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Mohave Valley: Fire Incidents, Arizona (AZ)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 59. The highest number of fire incidents - 103 took place in 2006, and the least - 1 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is higher than the Arizona median value.


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

Mohave Valley:	7 minutes
Bullhead City:	5 minutes
Golden Valley:	10 minutes
Lake Havasu City:	6 minutes
Kingman:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend.

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 68 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Arizona value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Mohave Valley:	16.8
Bullhead City:	33.9
Golden Valley:	7.3
Lake Havasu City:	28.7
Kingman:	6.9

33.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Wednesday.
According to the 951 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during May, and the least (4.3%) in February.
Out of all 5,792 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (50.7%), Fire (16.4%), and Service Call (11.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mohave Valley, AZ
• 2,93550.7%Rescue & EMS
• 95116.4%Fire
• 68011.7%Service Call
• 5359.2%Good Intent Call
• 4037.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2564.4%False Alarm
• 190.3%Special Incident
• 70.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.2%), and Structure Fires (22.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mohave Valley, AZ
• 52555.2%Outside Fires
• 21622.7%Structure Fires
• 13314.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 778.1%Other