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Hilo: Fire Incidents, Hawaii (HI)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 106. The highest number of reported fires - 143 took place in 2008, and the least - 45 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Hilo:	24.9
Wailea:	20.2
Waimea:	11.6
Holualoa:	3.5
Kailua:	43.7
Kula:	34.5
Makawao:	20.4
Pukalani:	20.2
Kihei:	28.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Hilo:	7 minutes
Keaau:	9 minutes
Pahoa:	15 minutes
Kailua:	6 minutes
Kihei:	6 minutes
Paia:	6 minutes
Kahului:	6 minutes
Wailuku:	6 minutes
Lahaina:	8 minutes

34.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,700 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during January, and the least (6.5%) in November.
Out of all 33,145 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.2%), Good Intent Call (13.7%), and Service Call (7.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hilo, HI
• 22,93969.2%Rescue & EMS
• 4,52513.7%Good Intent Call
• 2,6287.9%Service Call
• 1,7005.1%Fire
• 8952.7%Hazardous Condition
• 4001.2%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.0%), and Structure Fires (39.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hilo, HI
• 71442.0%Outside Fires
• 66739.2%Structure Fires
• 31218.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 70.4%Other