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Mariposa: 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 61. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 214 took place in 2008, and the least - 19 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 17 minutes. This is much higher than the state median value.


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

Mariposa:	17 minutes
Chowchilla:	8 minutes
Merced:	5 minutes
Atwater:	9 minutes
Winton:	6 minutes
Madera:	10 minutes
Sonora:	6 minutes
Delhi:	7 minutes
Turlock:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
24.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.7% in the evening. The most fires (26.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (10.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 855 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (34.6%) took place during July, and the least (3.2%) in March.
Out of all 3,016 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.5%), Fire (28.3%), and Good Intent Call (10.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mariposa, CA
• 1,19039.5%Rescue & EMS
• 85528.3%Fire
• 30610.1%Good Intent Call
• 3009.9%Service Call
• 2799.3%Hazardous Condition
• 692.3%False Alarm
• 100.3%Special Incident
• 60.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.2%), and Structure Fires (29.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mariposa, CA
• 46354.2%Outside Fires
• 25029.2%Structure Fires
• 748.7%Other
• 688.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires