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Anderson: 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 118. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 268 took place in 2013, and the least - 60 in 2008. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Anderson, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Anderson:	97.6
Redding:	33.0
Shasta Lake:	2.6
Red Bluff:	112.4
Corning:	53.4
Orland:	1.8
Chico:	40.1
Magalia:	0.9
Paradise:	4.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the California median value.


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

Anderson:	6 minutes
Cottonwood:	8 minutes
Redding:	8 minutes
Red Bluff:	4 minutes
Corning:	10 minutes
Chico:	5 minutes
Paradise:	4 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the California value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Anderson, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Anderson:	1.8
Cottonwood:	2.5
Redding:	10.7
Red Bluff:	7.6
Corning:	3.6
Chico:	6.6
Paradise:	2.7

32.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,653 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during July, and the least (4.3%) in December.
Out of all 5,920 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.0%), Fire (27.9%), and Good Intent Call (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Anderson, CA
• 2,72146.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,65327.9%Fire
• 60110.2%Good Intent Call
• 5058.5%Service Call
• 3485.9%Hazardous Condition
• 811.4%False Alarm
• 60.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.0%), and Structure Fires (30.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Anderson, CA
• 89254.0%Outside Fires
• 50830.7%Structure Fires
• 17310.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 804.8%Other