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Twin Falls: Fire Incidents, Idaho (ID)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 127. The highest number of reported fires - 172 took place in 2005, and the least - 72 in 2011. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Twin Falls:	26.6
Jerome:	129.3
Burley:	83.7
Rupert:	95.8
Hailey:	76.8
Mountain Home:	46.9
Chubbuck:	18.5
Pocatello:	25.5
Moreland:	1.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Twin Falls:	5 minutes
Kimberly:	9 minutes
Filer:	9 minutes
Jerome:	7 minutes
Buhl:	8 minutes
Wendell:	8 minutes
Hagerman:	11 minutes
Gooding:	10 minutes
Burley:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 56 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the Idaho value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Twin Falls:	9.3
Kimberly:	11.4
Filer:	0.0
Jerome:	1.3
Buhl:	11.0
Wendell:	1.7
Hagerman:	0.0
Gooding:	6.2
Burley:	8.3

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,156 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.6%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in February.
Out of all 39,199 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (59.9%), Rescue & EMS (20.7%), and Good Intent Call (6.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Twin Falls, ID
• 23,48359.9%Hazardous Condition
• 8,12720.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,3786.1%Good Intent Call
• 2,1565.5%Fire
• 1,6094.1%False Alarm
• 1,1853.0%Service Call
• 2360.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.6%), and Outside Fires (34.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Twin Falls, ID
• 94043.6%Structure Fires
• 74534.6%Outside Fires
• 38417.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 874.0%Other