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Castle Rock: Fire Incidents, Washington (WA)

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 70. The highest number of fires - 153 took place in 2006, and the least - 18 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Castle Rock:	9 minutes
Kelso:	7 minutes
Longview:	5 minutes
Toledo:	11 minutes
Winlock:	11 minutes
Woodland:	7 minutes
Chehalis:	7 minutes
Centralia:	6 minutes
Ridgefield:	7 minutes

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,185 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.5%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in January.
Out of all 7,114 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.8%), Fire (16.7%), and Good Intent Call (10.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Castle Rock, WA
• 4,32560.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,18516.7%Fire
• 75310.6%Good Intent Call
• 3274.6%Service Call
• 2493.5%False Alarm
• 2193.1%Hazardous Condition
• 420.6%Special Incident
• 80.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (38.5%), and Outside Fires (29.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Castle Rock, WA
• 45638.5%Structure Fires
• 34729.3%Outside Fires
• 26422.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 11810.0%Other