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Modesto: 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 999. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 1,539 took place in 2018, and the least - 116 in 2012. The data has a rising trend.


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

Modesto:	68.9
Ceres:	36.3
Riverbank:	32.8
Salida:	6.6
Hughson:	25.4
Keyes:	22.3
Ripon:	46.5
Escalon:	70.4
Oakdale:	39.2

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


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

Modesto:	5 minutes
Ceres:	5 minutes
Riverbank:	6 minutes
Ripon:	6 minutes
Oakdale:	6 minutes
Turlock:	5 minutes
Patterson:	5 minutes
Manteca:	5 minutes
Lathrop:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 2 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is lower.


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

Modesto:	0.9
Turlock:	0.0
Manteca:	0.0
Tracy:	0.0
Stockton:	0.5
Merced:	2.4

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of casualties - 10 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 7 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2012. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the California value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Modesto:	3.1
Ceres:	3.2
Riverbank:	0.0
Ripon:	0.0
Oakdale:	0.0
Turlock:	16.8
Patterson:	0.0
Manteca:	8.4
Lathrop:	1.8

37.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 13,989 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during July, and the least (6.2%) in November.
Out of all 97,199 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.8%), Fire (14.4%), and Good Intent Call (11.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Modesto, CA
• 57,14658.8%Rescue & EMS
• 13,98914.4%Fire
• 11,37711.7%Good Intent Call
• 6,7456.9%Service Call
• 4,8755.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2,9283.0%False Alarm
• 1170.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.8%), and Structure Fires (36.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Modesto, CA
• 6,55046.8%Outside Fires
• 5,14736.8%Structure Fires
• 1,78912.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 5033.6%Other