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Priest River: 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 36. The highest number of reported fires - 47 took place in 2018, and the least - 22 in 2017. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

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

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Sunday.
According to the 611 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during July, and the least (4.7%) in September.
Out of all 3,543 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (28.7%), Rescue & EMS (23.1%), and Fire (17.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Priest River, ID
• 1,01828.7%Hazardous Condition
• 81823.1%Rescue & EMS
• 61117.2%Fire
• 51714.6%Service Call
• 45012.7%Good Intent Call
• 892.5%False Alarm
• 361.0%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.1%), and Outside Fires (36.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Priest River, ID
• 29448.1%Structure Fires
• 22336.5%Outside Fires
• 7211.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 223.6%Other