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Fire Incidents in Nevada (NV)

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This section offers an overview of all fire incidents in Nevada (NV). We analyzed the annual National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release files provided by the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Data Center (NFDC) to get this data. Please note, this isn't a fire census. The input from the fire departments may contain human error but the proportion of fire incidents reported to NFIRS is large enough to make reasonable interferences.

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Noncontained Fire Incidents in Nevada (NV)

Noncontained fires demand detailed fire investigations so we've only accounted for those in this report. We haven't considered contained fires with no casualties or significant property loss for this section.

Nevada (NV) Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Nevada (NV) cities based on the number of fire incidents. Las Vegas ranks first with 1553 incidents, while Boulder City ranked last, with 13 incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Las Vegas▼155391212031988
2North Las Vegas▼292306251313
3Reno▼265291179287
4Henderson▲227224237208
5Pahrump▼10212598119
6Sparks▼681005064
7Carson City▼48647857
8Elko▲47442537
9Silver Springs▼22251426
10Mesquite▲21512813

Nevada (NV) Wildland Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Nevada (NV) cities based on the number of wildland fires. Las Vegas ranks first with 226 incidents, while Mesquite ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Las Vegas▼22642100266
2Reno▼162187184202
3North Las Vegas▲77867957
4Henderson▼688692122
5Pahrump▼624966115
6Sparks▼34413157
7Carson City▼10152319
8Silver Springs▼4012
9Elko▲2101
10Boulder City↔0000

Nevada (NV) Arson Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Nevada (NV) cities based on the number of intentional fires. Henderson ranks first with 10 incidents, while Sparks ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Henderson▲10714
2North Las Vegas↔109915
3Pahrump↔4225
4Las Vegas↔1002
5Mesquite▲1100
6Boulder City↔0000
7Carson City↔0000
8Elko▼0101
9Reno▼0137
10Silver Springs↔0000

Nevada (NV) Juvenile Arson Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Nevada (NV) cities based on the number of juvenile intentional fires. Henderson ranks first with 1 incidents, while Sparks ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Henderson▲1000
2Pahrump↔1111
3Reno▲1000
4Boulder City↔0000
5Carson City↔0000
6Elko↔0100
7Las Vegas↔0000
8Mesquite↔0000
9North Las Vegas↔0000
10Silver Springs↔0000

Nevada (NV) Fire Incidents with Civilian Casualties (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Nevada (NV) cities based on the number of fires with civilian casualties. Las Vegas ranks first with 25 incidents, while Silver Springs ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Las Vegas▲257418
2Henderson▲17221910
3Pahrump▼12242531
4North Las Vegas▼6717
5Carson City▲2100
6Mesquite▲2100
7Sparks▼2903
8Elko↔1103
9Boulder City↔0100
10Reno▼0404

Nevada (NV) Fire Incidents with Fire Service Casualties (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Nevada (NV) cities based on the number of fires with firefighter casualties. Las Vegas ranks first with 7 incidents, while Silver Springs ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Las Vegas▲7031
2Carson City▲5000
3Reno▼517111
4Sparks▼4501
5Pahrump▼1426
6Boulder City↔0000
7Elko↔0000
8Henderson▲0210
9Mesquite↔0000
10North Las Vegas↔0000

Where is Fire Incident Data Coming From? NFIRS

The NFIRS is a reporting standard that fire departments use to uniformly report on the full range of their activities, from fire to emergency medical services (EMS) to equipment involved in the response.

Anyone analyzing the NFIRS data should note that NFIRS is neither a random sample nor a census of fire incidents or casualties in the United States. As such, the analyst may not accurately make estimates of total fires, fire losses, or fire casualties in the United States from NFIRS data alone. Similarly, statistical means (averages) or standard error measurements taken from NFIRS describe the population of fire incidents related to fire departments that participate in NFIRS but do not describe the population of fire incidents in the Nation as a whole. However, the proportion of fire incidents reported to NFIRS is large enough that reasonable inferences can be made that the proportions of fires in NFIRS are similar to the true national measurements.