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Rancho Palos Verdes: 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 29. The highest number of reported fires - 56 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Rancho Palos Verdes:	9.4
Lomita:	13.0
Torrance:	13.1
Redondo Beach:	17.9
Hermosa Beach:	8.2
Carson:	21.2
Lawndale:	14.3
Manhattan Beach:	13.8
Gardena:	27.7

34.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 408 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during January, and the least (4.9%) in November.
Out of all 12,994 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.1%), Good Intent Call (20.6%), and False Alarm (9.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
• 7,67659.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,68020.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,2269.4%False Alarm
• 6665.1%Service Call
• 4083.1%Fire
• 3192.5%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.4%), and Outside Fires (28.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
• 16941.4%Structure Fires
• 11728.7%Outside Fires
• 7919.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4310.5%Other