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Post Falls: Fire Incidents, Idaho (ID)

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 137. The highest number of fire incidents - 191 took place in 2003, and the least - 89 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Post Falls:	42.8
Rathdrum:	70.0
Hayden:	38.7
Sandpoint:	106.1

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


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

Post Falls:	7 minutes
Rathdrum:	10 minutes
Hayden:	9 minutes
Coeur d'Alene:	6 minutes
Athol:	12 minutes
Priest River:	9 minutes
Sandpoint:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of casualties - 10 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 19. This indicator was the highest - 80 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Post Falls:	18.9
Rathdrum:	3.4
Hayden:	3.2
Coeur d'Alene:	8.6
Athol:	0.0
Priest River:	1.6
Sandpoint:	2.9

32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 2,323 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.3%) took place during July, and the least (5.4%) in February.
Out of all 26,552 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.0%), Good Intent Call (11.5%), and Fire (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Post Falls, ID
• 17,25565.0%Rescue & EMS
• 3,05911.5%Good Intent Call
• 2,3238.7%Fire
• 1,9597.4%Service Call
• 1,1604.4%Hazardous Condition
• 7622.9%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.9%), and Outside Fires (35.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Post Falls, ID
• 95040.9%Structure Fires
• 82835.6%Outside Fires
• 44319.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1024.4%Other