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Lakeside: 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 75. The highest number of fire incidents - 167 took place in 2017, and the least - 12 in 2012. The data has a rising trend.


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

Lakeside:	55.2
El Cajon:	14.4
Santee:	16.9
Alpine:	48.0
Jamul:	33.0
La Mesa:	6.2
Spring Valley:	11.8
Lemon Grove:	8.2
Poway:	16.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the California median value.


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

Lakeside:	8 minutes
El Cajon:	6 minutes
Santee:	7 minutes
Alpine:	9 minutes
La Mesa:	6 minutes
Ramona:	5 minutes
San Diego:	6 minutes
National City:	6 minutes
Chula Vista:	6 minutes

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,055 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during May, and the least (6.1%) in November.
Out of all 18,676 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.8%), Good Intent Call (17.9%), and Fire (5.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lakeside, CA
• 12,66067.8%Rescue & EMS
• 3,33517.9%Good Intent Call
• 1,0555.6%Fire
• 9595.1%Service Call
• 3772.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2621.4%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.6%), and Structure Fires (31.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lakeside, CA
• 51348.6%Outside Fires
• 33331.6%Structure Fires
• 14914.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 605.7%Other