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Jacksonville: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 39. The highest number of fires - 60 took place in 2014, and the least - 5 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Oregon median value.


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

Jacksonville:	10 minutes
Central Point:	8 minutes
Medford:	5 minutes
White City:	6 minutes
Eagle Point:	9 minutes
Ashland:	6 minutes
Grants Pass:	7 minutes
Cave Junction:	8 minutes
Myrtle Creek:	7 minutes

Based on the data 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 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 29 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Jacksonville:	9.2
Central Point:	19.6
Medford:	9.8
White City:	11.8
Eagle Point:	10.4
Ashland:	7.5
Grants Pass:	14.4
Cave Junction:	4.9
Myrtle Creek:	4.1

28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Saturday.
According to the 655 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during July, and the least (4.6%) in February.
Out of all 3,357 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.5%), Fire (19.5%), and Good Intent Call (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Jacksonville, OR
• 1,49444.5%Rescue & EMS
• 65519.5%Fire
• 48614.5%Good Intent Call
• 3179.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2748.2%Service Call
• 992.9%False Alarm
• 160.5%Special Incident
• 140.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (52.8%), and Structure Fires (34.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Jacksonville, OR
• 34652.8%Outside Fires
• 22434.2%Structure Fires
• 7110.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 142.1%Other