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Anchorage: Fire Incidents, Alaska (AK)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 823. The highest number of fires - 1,320 took place in 2009, and the least - 696 in 2012. The data has a rising trend.


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

Anchorage:	27.7
Meadow Lakes:	115.4
Wasilla:	255.0
Palmer:	254.8
Sterling:	42.7
Kenai:	45.8
Kalifornsky:	19.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Alaska median value.


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

Anchorage:	6 minutes
Big Lake:	12 minutes
Meadow Lakes:	12 minutes
Wasilla:	10 minutes
Palmer:	10 minutes
Willow:	14 minutes
Nikiski:	7 minutes
Soldotna:	6 minutes
Kenai:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 3. The highest number of deaths - 6 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 1 in 2014. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2015, and the lowest 1 in 2016. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Anchorage, AK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Anchorage:	4.0
Wasilla:	3.6
Palmer:	3.2

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 17. The highest number of reported injuries - 29 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 2 in 2007. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 22. This indicator was the highest - 39 in 2014, and the lowest 2 in 2007. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Anchorage:	20.8
Big Lake:	5.2
Meadow Lakes:	7.7
Wasilla:	10.9
Palmer:	19.4
Willow:	11.1
Nikiski:	9.9
Soldotna:	31.2
Kenai:	12.0

33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 10,812 incident reports from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (15.2%) took place during May, and the least (5.0%) in February.
Out of all 149,240 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.4%), Good Intent Call (14.5%), and Fire (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Anchorage, AK
• 91,68961.4%Rescue & EMS
• 21,60014.5%Good Intent Call
• 10,8127.2%Fire
• 9,6516.5%Service Call
• 8,5935.8%False Alarm
• 6,7014.5%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.9%), and Outside Fires (35.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Anchorage, AK
• 5,07146.9%Structure Fires
• 3,78735.0%Outside Fires
• 1,93817.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 160.1%Other