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Imperial Beach: 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 35. The highest number of fires - 75 took place in 2007, and the least - 9 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Imperial Beach, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Imperial Beach:	14.2
Chula Vista:	9.6
National City:	27.8
Bonita:	16.7
Coronado:	6.4
Lemon Grove:	8.2
Spring Valley:	11.8
San Diego:	15.0
La Mesa:	6.2

38.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 61.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.6%) on Tuesday.
According to the 489 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during January, and the least (6.1%) in September.
Out of all 8,625 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.2%), Good Intent Call (14.5%), and Fire (5.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Imperial Beach, CA
• 5,96669.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,24814.5%Good Intent Call
• 4895.7%Fire
• 3774.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2923.4%Service Call
• 2412.8%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.6%), and Outside Fires (21.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Imperial Beach, CA
• 27255.6%Structure Fires
• 10421.3%Outside Fires
• 6914.1%Other
• 449.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires