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Juneau: Fire Incidents, Alaska (AK)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 101. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 148 took place in 2002, and the least - 75 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Juneau:	35.1
Sitka:	24.0
Ketchikan:	80.5
Palmer:	254.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Juneau:	8 minutes
Ketchikan:	5 minutes
Palmer:	10 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 10 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 28. This indicator was the highest - 122 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Juneau:	24.9
Ketchikan:	30.3
Palmer:	19.4

36.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Monday.
According to the 1,724 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during May, and the least (5.0%) in February.
Out of all 26,290 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.3%), Good Intent Call (10.5%), and Fire (6.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Juneau, AK
• 17,43566.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,76210.5%Good Intent Call
• 1,7246.6%Fire
• 1,5215.8%False Alarm
• 1,2954.9%Service Call
• 1,1334.3%Hazardous Condition
• 4111.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (51.9%), and Outside Fires (27.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Juneau, AK
• 89451.9%Structure Fires
• 47627.6%Outside Fires
• 32919.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 251.5%Other