2010 Fire in Washington Report - Washington State Patrol

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PrefaceRevised Code Washington 43.44.060 requires fire incidents to be reported to the Office of the StateFire Marshal in accordance with the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). NFIRS is an allincidentreporting system that captures the full range of incident activity. Many agencies documentand report all incidents, while some agencies only report fires as stated in the statute.This report provides an overview of all incident categories reported, with fire information in 2010 asthe primary focus. The statistical reports are generated from the United States Fire Administrationweb site based on NFIRS 5.0 data reported from the Washington State Fire Service. Where necessary,information from secondary sources is used to provide more in‐depth analysis and clarity. Figurespresented may vary slightly based on the day the summary report was generated. Any datasubmitted after the summary reports were generated are not reflected in this publication.Page 4
ParticipationRCW 43.44.060 states that fire agencies are required to submit fire incidents to the Office of the StateFire Marshal in accordance with the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). The Office ofthe State Fire Marshal maintains the statewide NFIRS database, which is capable of accepting anyincident documented in accordance with the NFIRS 5.0 format. This program is an all‐incidentreporting system that enables every fire agency to document incidents electronically in a uniformformat. In Washington, some agencies report only fires, while the majority of the agencies report allincident activity.The chart below provides the number of agencies that submitted data for inclusion in the publishedFire in Washington Annual Reports since 2002. In 2010, participation decreased 2% compared to theprevious year with 411 out of 488 fire agencies providing information.NFIRS 5.0 Participation in Washington State60050040030020010002002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010% of Reporting 50% 64% 76% 78% 79% 81% 83% 86% 84%Total Agencies 543 535 528 522 512 505 500 489 488# of Agencies not Reporting 270 191 127 116 110 95 85 68 77Agencies Reporting 273 344 401 406 402 410 415 421 411Page 5
Page 2 and 3: Table of ContentsLetter from the Ch
Page 4 and 5: CHRISTINE O. GREGOIREGovernorJOHN R
Page 8 and 9: Washington Fire ClockFrequency of R
Page 10 and 11: Fire HistoryIn the past five years,
Page 12 and 13: Fires by Heat SourceThe table below
Page 14 and 15: Fires at Residential PropertiesFire
Page 16 and 17: Cause of IgnitionThe cause of ignit
Page 18 and 19: Fire FatalitiesIn 2010, fire agenci
Page 20 and 21: Age and Gender of Fire FatalitiesAg
Page 22 and 23: Causes of Fire Fatalities over the
Page 24: Fire Fatalities by CountyThe chart
Page 27 and 28: Region 1 Fire Incidents by Category
Page 29 and 30: Region 1 Incident Reporting Summary
Page 35 and 36: Region 3Island, San Juan, Skagit, a
Page 51 and 52: Region 6Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and
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Region 7Kittitas, Klickitat, and Ya
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Region 7 Fire Incidents by Category
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Region 7 Incident Reporting Summary
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Fire Loss$9,026,275Incidents by Dat
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