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Littleton: Fire Incidents, Colorado (CO)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 235. The highest number of reported fires - 348 took place in 2003, and the least - 174 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.


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

Littleton:	45.4
Englewood:	46.5
Sheridan:	45.9
Cherry Hills Village:	13.5
Highlands Ranch:	5.0
Greenwood Village:	12.1
Lone Tree:	25.3
Centennial:	6.9
Glendale:	18.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Colorado median value.


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

Littleton:	7 minutes
Englewood:	6 minutes
Sheridan:	4 minutes
Highlands Ranch:	7 minutes
Lone Tree:	6 minutes
Centennial:	6 minutes
Lakewood:	5 minutes
Denver:	4 minutes
Sedalia:	15 minutes

According to the reports 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 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is higher.


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

Littleton:	2.3
Lakewood:	2.4
Denver:	0.9
Aurora:	0.7
Golden:	3.8
Arvada:	3.3
Westminster:	4.5
Thornton:	1.4

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 5. The highest number of casualties - 13 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 20. This indicator was the highest - 49 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Colorado value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Littleton:	19.8
Englewood:	10.1
Sheridan:	17.1
Highlands Ranch:	15.8
Lone Tree:	6.9
Centennial:	32.4
Lakewood:	36.1
Denver:	20.6
Sedalia:	0.0

29.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 3,987 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during July, and the least (6.2%) in December.
Out of all 85,921 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.1%), False Alarm (10.3%), and Hazardous Condition (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Littleton, CO
• 49,91058.1%Rescue & EMS
• 8,86610.3%False Alarm
• 8,3149.7%Hazardous Condition
• 8,1489.5%Service Call
• 6,5097.6%Good Intent Call
• 3,9874.6%Fire
• 1110.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.9%), and Structure Fires (40.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Littleton, CO
• 1,67141.9%Outside Fires
• 1,61540.5%Structure Fires
• 54513.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1563.9%Other