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Fairfax: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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 203. The highest number of reported fires - 429 took place in 2013, and the least - 20 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Fairfax:	120.5
Oakton:	10.0
Merrifield:	1.1
Fairfax Station:	26.3
Vienna:	45.6
Dunn Loring:	5.7
Annandale:	25.5
Burke:	11.0
Chantilly:	39.8

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


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

Fairfax:	6 minutes
Vienna:	5 minutes
Annandale:	5 minutes
Chantilly:	6 minutes
Falls Church:	5 minutes
Reston:	5 minutes
Centreville:	6 minutes
Springfield:	6 minutes
McLean:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.


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

Fairfax:	1.2
Falls Church:	1.1
Arlington:	0.0
Manassas:	0.2
Sterling:	0.7
Alexandria:	0.4

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 3 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Fairfax:	1.2
Vienna:	0.0
Annandale:	6.0
Chantilly:	4.3
Falls Church:	0.4
Reston:	1.1
Centreville:	0.0
Springfield:	2.0
McLean:	1.0

32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 3,457 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in August.
Out of all 71,144 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.5%), Good Intent Call (11.1%), and False Alarm (7.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfax, VA
• 45,85964.5%Rescue & EMS
• 7,92711.1%Good Intent Call
• 5,3127.5%False Alarm
• 4,3386.1%Hazardous Condition
• 4,1125.8%Service Call
• 3,4574.9%Fire
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.5%), and Outside Fires (25.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfax, VA
• 1,91855.5%Structure Fires
• 87625.3%Outside Fires
• 48113.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1825.3%Other