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Saratoga: 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 30. The highest number of fire incidents - 46 took place in 2008, and the least - 22 in 2010. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Saratoga, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Saratoga:	8.6
Cupertino:	13.1
Campbell:	20.7
Los Gatos:	32.2
Santa Clara:	1.8
Sunnyvale:	9.6
Los Altos:	11.9
San Jose:	15.6
Mountain View:	5.5

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a constant trend.
32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (9.9%) on Tuesday.
According to the 423 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during July, and the least (3.5%) in February.
Out of all 9,983 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.7%), Good Intent Call (14.4%), and False Alarm (13.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Saratoga, CA
• 5,16051.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,43314.4%Good Intent Call
• 1,29813.0%False Alarm
• 9359.4%Service Call
• 6947.0%Hazardous Condition
• 4234.2%Fire
• 180.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 170.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.2%), and Outside Fires (37.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Saratoga, CA
• 17040.2%Structure Fires
• 15837.4%Outside Fires
• 7217.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 235.4%Other