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Hillsboro: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 196. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 327 took place in 2003, and the least - 26 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Hillsboro:	10.2
Aloha:	0.9
Cornelius:	24.1
Beaverton:	16.8
Forest Grove:	29.4
Tigard:	12.3
Sherwood:	7.9
Tualatin:	14.5
Lake Oswego:	12.6

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


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

Hillsboro:	5 minutes
Aloha:	6 minutes
Cornelius:	8 minutes
Beaverton:	6 minutes
Forest Grove:	8 minutes
Banks:	12 minutes
Tigard:	6 minutes
Gaston:	13 minutes
Sherwood:	7 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 38 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Hillsboro:	9.0
Aloha:	13.8
Cornelius:	6.2
Beaverton:	15.3
Forest Grove:	14.0
Banks:	3.6
Tigard:	16.8
Gaston:	3.0
Sherwood:	8.6

33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 3,326 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.6%) took place during July, and the least (4.6%) in November.
Out of all 28,237 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.9%), Good Intent Call (14.7%), and Fire (11.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hillsboro, OR
• 13,80048.9%Rescue & EMS
• 4,13914.7%Good Intent Call
• 3,32611.8%Fire
• 3,13711.1%Service Call
• 2,5258.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2394.4%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (50.1%), and Structure Fires (34.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hillsboro, OR
• 1,66650.1%Outside Fires
• 1,16034.9%Structure Fires
• 38611.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1143.4%Other