Portland Fire & Rescue

07/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/17/2024 20:26

PF&R 2024 Firework Season Data

July 17, 2024 08:50

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PF&R 2024 Firework Season Data

Portland Fire & Rescue has what we are calling preliminary data available for the 2024 Fireworks Season. This "season" was established years ago, when personal fireworks were permitted within the City of Portland and coincides with the historical opening dates of the fireworks stands in the city. That opening date currently aligns with the areas surrounding the City of Portland where the sale of personal fireworks is permitted which make the access to personal fireworks, while banned within the city, quite easy to obtain. These numbers are considered tentative as we have a member of the investigations team on leave and are awaiting their return to finalize the numbers, but we would like you to have what we know up to this point as the season ended 10 days ago. We have included this year's data along with the previous three years to allow you to better evaluate 2024 in comparison to recent history.

As you can see, this year PF&R responded to fewer fires within the season along with on July 4th and there were not any injuries reported because of personal fireworks. That isn't to say the crews were not quite active on emergency responses throughout the season and on July 4th itself, it just indicates that the definitive cause of the fire was determined to be something other than fireworks related. When considering there were 2 greater alarm fires to address on July 4th, with one having members on scene all night long, those that were on duty that day put some miles on the rigs and pulled quite a bit of hose that night.

FIREWORKS STATISTICS

PRELIMINARY 2024 -

  • Fireworks Season (June 23 through July 6)
    • 185 fires (29 fireworks caused)
    • Structure fires: 41 (0 fireworks caused)
    • Vehicle fires: 14 (0 fireworks caused)
    • Injuries: 0 (0 fireworks caused)
    • Fourth of July
      • 38 fires (14 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 5 (0 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 2 (0 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 0 (0 fireworks caused)
  • 2023 -
    • Fireworks Season (June 23 through July 6)
      • 336 fires (46 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 58 (4 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 22 (2 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 2 (0 fireworks caused)
    • Fourth of July
      • 67 fires (30 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 10 (2 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 4 (1 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 1 (0 fireworks caused)
  • 2022 -
    • Fireworks Season (June 23 through July 6)
      • 224 fires (10 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 48 (2 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 23 (3 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 1 (0 fireworks caused)
    • Fourth of July
      • 20 fires (3 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 8 (2 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 0 (0 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 0 (0 fireworks caused)
  • 2021 - Tentative (1 fire from 7/4, still under investigation and included in these numbers)
    • Fireworks Season (June 23 through July 6)
      • 307 fires (15 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 59 (1 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 36 (0 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 5 (4 fireworks caused, resulting in 3 fire deaths)
    • Fourth of July
      • 31 fires (3 fireworks caused)
      • Structure fires: 6 (1 fireworks caused)
      • Vehicle fires: 2 (0 fireworks caused)
      • Injuries: 4 (4 fireworks caused, resulting in 3 fire deaths)

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