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Lewiston: Fire Incidents, Idaho (ID)

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 147. The highest number of fire incidents - 275 took place in 2007, and the least - 70 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.


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

Lewiston:	36.1
Moscow:	25.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the Idaho median value.


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

Lewiston:	4 minutes
Moscow:	5 minutes
Kamiah:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 8 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2014. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 16. This indicator was the highest - 61 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2014. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Lewiston:	17.4
Moscow:	4.2
Kamiah:	7.7

33.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.4%) on Saturday.
Based on the 2,354 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (18.7%) took place during July, and the least (5.6%) in February.
Out of all 25,792 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.5%), Service Call (17.8%), and Fire (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lewiston, ID
• 15,08958.5%Rescue & EMS
• 4,59817.8%Service Call
• 2,3549.1%Fire
• 2,0828.1%Good Intent Call
• 9113.5%Hazardous Condition
• 7282.8%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (38.3%), and Structure Fires (26.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lewiston, ID
• 90238.3%Outside Fires
• 62826.7%Structure Fires
• 43618.5%Other
• 38816.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires