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Sonora: 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 fires per year is 85. The highest number of reported fires - 134 took place in 2008, and the least - 50 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Sonora:	6 minutes
Oakdale:	6 minutes
Riverbank:	6 minutes
Linden:	8 minutes
Modesto:	5 minutes
Ceres:	5 minutes
Mariposa:	17 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the California value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Sonora:	4.2
Oakdale:	0.0
Riverbank:	0.0
Linden:	1.5
Modesto:	3.1
Ceres:	3.2
Mariposa:	2.3

34.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,189 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during June, and the least (5.2%) in March.
Out of all 11,839 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.3%), Service Call (11.6%), and Fire (10.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sonora, CA
• 7,26261.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,37911.6%Service Call
• 1,18910.0%Fire
• 1,1209.5%Good Intent Call
• 5334.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3392.9%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (43.0%), and Structure Fires (40.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sonora, CA
• 51143.0%Outside Fires
• 47940.3%Structure Fires
• 14912.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 504.2%Other