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Sun City West: Fire Incidents, Arizona (AZ)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 35. The highest number of reported fires - 71 took place in 2014, and the least - 6 in 2012. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Sun City West, AZ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Sun City West:	17.7
Surprise:	18.8
El Mirage:	32.0
Sun City:	22.6
Peoria:	6.5
Youngtown:	53.5
Glendale:	0.8
Litchfield Park:	17.9
Avondale:	34.3

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.7%) on Saturday.
According to the 487 fire incidents from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (9.9%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in September.
Out of all 36,466 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (77.1%), Service Call (11.2%), and Good Intent Call (4.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sun City West, AZ
• 28,10977.1%Rescue & EMS
• 4,06611.2%Service Call
• 1,7534.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,6304.5%False Alarm
• 4871.3%Fire
• 3631.0%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.1%), and Outside Fires (30.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sun City West, AZ
• 20041.1%Structure Fires
• 14630.0%Outside Fires
• 8016.4%Other
• 6112.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires