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Hermiston: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

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 103. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 179 took place in 2004, and the least - 2 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Hermiston:	9.1
Umatilla:	39.3
Pendleton:	26.8
La Grande:	29.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Hermiston:	7 minutes
Echo:	9 minutes
Boardman:	9 minutes
Pendleton:	5 minutes
La Grande:	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 reported deaths - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 5 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 10. This indicator was the highest - 52 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Hermiston:	11.4
Echo:	0.0
Boardman:	5.7
Pendleton:	8.7
La Grande:	18.6

32.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,758 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.2%) took place during July, and the least (4.3%) in November.
Out of all 2,676 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (65.7%), Rescue & EMS (10.2%), and Service Call (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hermiston, OR
• 1,75865.7%Fire
• 27210.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2409.0%Service Call
• 2238.3%Good Intent Call
• 1244.6%Hazardous Condition
• 501.9%False Alarm
• 80.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.0%), and Structure Fires (26.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hermiston, OR
• 94954.0%Outside Fires
• 46326.3%Structure Fires
• 31618.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 301.7%Other