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Chula Vista: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 239. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 377 took place in 2017, and the least - 39 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.


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

Chula Vista:	9.6
Bonita:	16.7
National City:	27.8
Imperial Beach:	14.2
Lemon Grove:	8.2
Coronado:	6.4
Spring Valley:	11.8
La Mesa:	6.2
Jamul:	33.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Chula Vista:	6 minutes
National City:	6 minutes
La Mesa:	6 minutes
San Diego:	6 minutes
El Cajon:	6 minutes
Santee:	7 minutes
Lakeside:	8 minutes
Alpine:	9 minutes
Rancho Santa Fe:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 6 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is much higher.


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

Chula Vista:	3.6
San Diego:	0.8
Escondido:	2.2
Vista:	1.6
Oceanside:	1.0

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2012. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 44 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2012. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the California value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Chula Vista:	10.1
National City:	1.3
La Mesa:	0.0
San Diego:	1.9
El Cajon:	0.4
Santee:	3.7
Lakeside:	0.0
Alpine:	2.9
Rancho Santa Fe:	1.7

33.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 3,352 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (9.8%) took place during January, and the least (7.0%) in September.
Out of all 40,456 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.6%), Good Intent Call (18.9%), and Fire (8.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chula Vista, CA
• 24,51060.6%Rescue & EMS
• 7,64518.9%Good Intent Call
• 3,3528.3%Fire
• 2,0285.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,5513.8%Service Call
• 1,3273.3%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.8%), and Structure Fires (30.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chula Vista, CA
• 1,40241.8%Outside Fires
• 1,03030.7%Structure Fires
• 72621.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1945.8%Other