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Cave Junction: 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 fire incidents per year is 36. The highest number of reported fires - 51 took place in 2008, and the least - 13 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Oregon median value.


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

Cave Junction:	8 minutes
Grants Pass:	7 minutes
Brookings:	6 minutes
Jacksonville:	10 minutes
Central Point:	8 minutes
Crescent City:	5 minutes
Medford:	5 minutes
White City:	6 minutes
Eagle Point:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Oregon value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Cave Junction:	4.9
Grants Pass:	14.4
Brookings:	9.1
Jacksonville:	9.2
Central Point:	19.6
Crescent City:	0.0
Medford:	9.8
White City:	11.8
Eagle Point:	10.4

35.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.5%) on Monday.
According to the 618 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.0%) took place during June, and the least (4.2%) in February.
Out of all 4,038 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.7%), Service Call (18.2%), and Fire (15.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cave Junction, OR
• 1,92647.7%Rescue & EMS
• 73518.2%Service Call
• 61815.3%Fire
• 50212.4%Good Intent Call
• 1834.5%Hazardous Condition
• 651.6%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.1%), and Structure Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cave Junction, OR
• 28546.1%Outside Fires
• 21234.3%Structure Fires
• 8613.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 355.7%Other