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Los Altos: 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 fire incidents per year is 30. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 38 took place in 2016, and the least - 18 in 2012. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Los Altos, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Los Altos:	11.9
Mountain View:	5.5
Los Altos Hills:	22.2
Sunnyvale:	9.6
Cupertino:	13.1
Palo Alto:	18.5
Stanford:	21.7
Santa Clara:	1.8
East Palo Alto:	20.3

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.
32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.9%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.6%) on Wednesday.
According to the 424 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during August, and the least (5.0%) in February.
Out of all 10,183 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.3%), Good Intent Call (13.6%), and False Alarm (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Los Altos, CA
• 5,63455.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,38113.6%Good Intent Call
• 9469.3%False Alarm
• 9349.2%Service Call
• 8378.2%Hazardous Condition
• 4244.2%Fire
• 180.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.4%), and Outside Fires (35.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Los Altos, CA
• 18443.4%Structure Fires
• 15135.6%Outside Fires
• 5813.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 317.3%Other