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Cedar City: Fire Incidents, Utah (UT)

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 63. The highest number of fires - 101 took place in 2016, and the least - 34 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Cedar City:	27.7
Enoch:	21.3
Hurricane:	43.5
Washington:	11.1
Ivins:	24.8
Santa Clara:	23.0
Richfield:	31.5

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


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

Cedar City:	5 minutes
Hurricane:	7 minutes
St. George:	5 minutes

25.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,071 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.5%) in December.
Out of all 3,470 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (33.7%), Fire (30.9%), and False Alarm (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cedar City, UT
• 1,16833.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,07130.9%Fire
• 42012.1%False Alarm
• 3429.9%Service Call
• 3149.0%Good Intent Call
• 1343.9%Rescue & EMS
• 110.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 50.1%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.5%), and Structure Fires (38.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cedar City, UT
• 44541.5%Outside Fires
• 40738.0%Structure Fires
• 19918.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 201.9%Other