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Pismo Beach: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 8. The highest number of reported fires - 37 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Pismo Beach, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Pismo Beach:	9.2
Grover Beach:	0.7
Oceano:	3.7
Arroyo Grande:	3.5
San Luis Obispo:	13.2
Nipomo:	18.1
Guadalupe:	29.8
Los Osos:	0.7
Santa Maria:	28.3

37.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 124 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during June, and the least (4.8%) in September.
Out of all 1,653 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (69.1%), Hazardous Condition (9.2%), and Fire (7.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pismo Beach, CA
• 1,14369.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1529.2%Service Call
• 1247.5%Fire
• 1036.2%Good Intent Call
• 945.7%False Alarm
• 352.1%Hazardous Condition
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (37.1%), and Structure Fires (35.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pismo Beach, CA
• 4637.1%Outside Fires
• 4435.5%Structure Fires
• 1915.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1512.1%Other