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Fullerton: 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 141. The highest number of fire incidents - 297 took place in 2005, and the least - 59 in 2011. The data has a declining trend.


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

Fullerton:	9.2
La Habra:	10.7
Anaheim:	11.0
Brea:	14.2
Placentia:	8.7
Buena Park:	14.2
La Mirada:	7.6
La Habra Heights:	18.9
Stanton:	12.4

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 Fullerton, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Fullerton:	6 minutes
La Habra:	5 minutes
Anaheim:	6 minutes
Placentia:	5 minutes
Buena Park:	5 minutes
La Mirada:	5 minutes
Stanton:	5 minutes
Garden Grove:	6 minutes
Cypress:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 27 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the California value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Fullerton:	5.1
La Habra:	0.0
Anaheim:	4.3
Placentia:	15.9
Buena Park:	22.3
La Mirada:	0.0
Stanton:	24.7
Garden Grove:	24.0
Cypress:	24.5

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,972 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during July, and the least (5.2%) in November.
Out of all 42,713 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.4%), Good Intent Call (20.3%), and Service Call (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fullerton, CA
• 26,21161.4%Rescue & EMS
• 8,67420.3%Good Intent Call
• 3,0867.2%Service Call
• 1,9724.6%Fire
• 1,3663.2%False Alarm
• 1,3533.2%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.1%), and Structure Fires (30.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fullerton, CA
• 83142.1%Outside Fires
• 60930.9%Structure Fires
• 33416.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 19810.0%Other