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Rancho Santa Fe: 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 fires per year is 41. The highest number of reported fires - 93 took place in 2007, and the least - 22 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the California median value.


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

Rancho Santa Fe:	6 minutes
Encinitas:	5 minutes
San Marcos:	6 minutes
Carlsbad:	6 minutes
Escondido:	6 minutes
Vista:	6 minutes
Oceanside:	6 minutes
San Diego:	6 minutes
Santee:	7 minutes

32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.7%) on Friday.
Based on the 577 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (14.7%) took place during October, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 10,032 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.7%), Good Intent Call (20.7%), and Service Call (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
• 4,28142.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,07920.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,45114.5%Service Call
• 1,04610.4%False Alarm
• 5775.8%Fire
• 5605.6%Hazardous Condition
• 190.2%Severe Weather
• 110.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.1%), and Outside Fires (32.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
• 26646.1%Structure Fires
• 18632.2%Outside Fires
• 6310.9%Other
• 6210.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires