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Thornton: Fire Incidents, Colorado (CO)

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 249. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 379 took place in 2006, and the least - 22 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Thornton:	21.3
Northglenn:	25.4
Welby:	0.7
Federal Heights:	36.4
Commerce City:	24.8
Westminster:	19.6
Broomfield:	16.5
Brighton:	35.8
Lafayette:	23.8

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


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

Thornton:	7 minutes
Northglenn:	6 minutes
Federal Heights:	5 minutes
Commerce City:	5 minutes
Westminster:	5 minutes
Broomfield:	6 minutes
Brighton:	6 minutes
Lafayette:	5 minutes
Arvada:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is about the same.


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

Thornton:	1.4
Westminster:	4.5
Arvada:	3.3
Denver:	0.9
Lakewood:	2.4
Aurora:	0.7
Golden:	3.8
Boulder:	1.7
Longmont:	0.9

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of injuries - 11 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the Colorado value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Thornton:	13.9
Northglenn:	9.4
Federal Heights:	21.2
Commerce City:	12.1
Westminster:	34.0
Broomfield:	11.7
Brighton:	4.2
Lafayette:	5.1
Arvada:	13.9

28.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 4,231 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during July, and the least (6.6%) in December.
Out of all 47,446 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.0%), Good Intent Call (9.8%), and Fire (8.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Thornton, CO
• 28,95161.0%Rescue & EMS
• 4,6459.8%Good Intent Call
• 4,2318.9%Fire
• 3,5657.5%Service Call
• 3,1146.6%Hazardous Condition
• 2,7815.9%False Alarm
• 1260.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.4%), and Outside Fires (32.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Thornton, CO
• 2,21652.4%Structure Fires
• 1,36332.2%Outside Fires
• 54913.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1032.4%Other