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Fairfax: 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 fires - 38 took place in 2006, and the least - 9 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Fairfax, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Fairfax:	24.4
San Anselmo:	18.7
Kentfield:	29.3
San Rafael:	28.9
Larkspur:	14.9
Corte Madera:	29.2
Mill Valley:	43.0
Novato:	15.0
Strawberry:	6.2

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (20.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 305 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during September, and the least (3.9%) in April.
Out of all 4,850 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.4%), Service Call (13.9%), and Good Intent Call (13.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfax, CA
• 2,53952.4%Rescue & EMS
• 67313.9%Service Call
• 63613.1%Good Intent Call
• 4118.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3056.3%Fire
• 2695.5%False Alarm
• 90.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.8%), and Outside Fires (30.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfax, CA
• 15249.8%Structure Fires
• 9430.8%Outside Fires
• 3511.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 247.9%Other