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Capitola: 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 22. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 41 took place in 2017, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Capitola, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Capitola:	25.3
Soquel:	20.7
Live Oak:	10.7
Aptos:	38.0
Santa Cruz:	23.9
Scotts Valley:	41.0
Ben Lomond:	30.5
Watsonville:	9.2
Los Gatos:	32.2

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Monday.
According to the 304 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during January, and the least (6.3%) in February.
Out of all 5,402 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.4%), Good Intent Call (21.3%), and Service Call (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Capitola, CA
• 2,77751.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,15321.3%Good Intent Call
• 5169.6%Service Call
• 4007.4%Hazardous Condition
• 3045.6%Fire
• 2364.4%False Alarm
• 80.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 70.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.8%), and Outside Fires (34.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Capitola, CA
• 13042.8%Structure Fires
• 10434.2%Outside Fires
• 5217.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 185.9%Other