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Fresno: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 1,681. The highest number of fires - 3,877 took place in 2018, and the least - 8 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.


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

Fresno:	73.2
Clovis:	32.3
Fowler:	80.0
Sanger:	67.4
Kerman:	52.3
Selma:	122.0
Parlier:	45.4
Madera:	19.3
Madera Acres:	1.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Fresno:	5 minutes
Clovis:	5 minutes
Easton:	7 minutes
Sanger:	8 minutes
Kerman:	9 minutes
Caruthers:	10 minutes
Selma:	6 minutes
Parlier:	11 minutes
Madera:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of deaths - 8 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 4 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the California value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Fresno, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Fresno:	1.2
Clovis:	1.9
Visalia:	0.8

Based on the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 17. The highest number of injuries - 57 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 27 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Fresno:	10.3
Clovis:	18.0
Easton:	0.0
Sanger:	2.9
Kerman:	5.3
Caruthers:	0.0
Selma:	2.4
Parlier:	1.3
Madera:	0.0

37.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.5%) on Friday.
According to the 25,213 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during July, and the least (5.4%) in December.
Out of all 181,516 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (50.5%), Good Intent Call (22.6%), and Fire (13.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fresno, CA
• 91,69450.5%Rescue & EMS
• 41,03422.6%Good Intent Call
• 25,21313.9%Fire
• 10,1125.6%False Alarm
• 7,2664.0%Hazardous Condition
• 5,6583.1%Service Call
• 3810.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.3%), and Structure Fires (30.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fresno, CA
• 12,42149.3%Outside Fires
• 7,72430.6%Structure Fires
• 4,30817.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7603.0%Other