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San Diego: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 1,520. The highest number of fires - 2,611 took place in 2010, and the least - 42 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.


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

San Diego:	15.0
Coronado:	6.4
La Mesa:	6.2
Lemon Grove:	8.2
National City:	27.8
Spring Valley:	11.8
Santee:	16.9
Bonita:	16.7
El Cajon:	14.4

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


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

San Diego:	6 minutes
La Mesa:	6 minutes
National City:	6 minutes
Santee:	7 minutes
El Cajon:	6 minutes
Chula Vista:	6 minutes
Lakeside:	8 minutes
Rancho Santa Fe:	6 minutes
Encinitas:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a declining trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 2 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

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

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported casualties - 10 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the California value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

San Diego:	1.9
La Mesa:	0.0
National City:	1.3
Santee:	3.7
El Cajon:	0.4
Chula Vista:	10.1
Lakeside:	0.0
Rancho Santa Fe:	1.7
Encinitas:	5.0

33.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 21,282 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during May, and the least (6.1%) in December.
Out of all 513,729 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (74.0%), Good Intent Call (15.7%), and Fire (4.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in San Diego, CA
• 379,94674.0%Rescue & EMS
• 80,69315.7%Good Intent Call
• 21,2824.1%Fire
• 19,8623.9%False Alarm
• 8,4321.6%Hazardous Condition
• 2,9460.6%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.3%), and Outside Fires (33.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in San Diego, CA
• 8,57740.3%Structure Fires
• 7,16533.7%Outside Fires
• 4,39520.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1,1455.4%Other