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Costa Mesa: 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 188. The highest number of fires - 279 took place in 2007, and the least - 110 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.


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

Costa Mesa:	17.6
Newport Beach:	14.5
Fountain Valley:	2.5
Huntington Beach:	2.7
Santa Ana:	14.7
Irvine:	11.3
Midway City:	10.2
Westminster:	13.8
Tustin:	12.4

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 Costa Mesa, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Costa Mesa:	5 minutes
Newport Beach:	6 minutes
Fountain Valley:	6 minutes
Huntington Beach:	6 minutes
Santa Ana:	5 minutes
Irvine:	6 minutes
Westminster:	5 minutes
Tustin:	6 minutes
Garden Grove:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 5 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the California value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.


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

Costa Mesa:	1.1
Santa Ana:	1.8
Irvine:	1.2
Anaheim:	0.9
Long Beach:	1.1
Compton:	0.3

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 18. This indicator was the highest - 35 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the California value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Costa Mesa:	16.4
Newport Beach:	3.6
Fountain Valley:	31.9
Huntington Beach:	31.1
Santa Ana:	16.8
Irvine:	15.1
Westminster:	24.0
Tustin:	20.1
Garden Grove:	24.0

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Friday.
Based on the 2,627 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during January, and the least (6.7%) in August.
Out of all 42,972 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.2%), Good Intent Call (11.8%), and Fire (6.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Costa Mesa, CA
• 30,18770.2%Rescue & EMS
• 5,07211.8%Good Intent Call
• 2,6276.1%Fire
• 1,9814.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,7374.0%Service Call
• 1,3343.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (38.5%), and Outside Fires (34.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Costa Mesa, CA
• 1,01138.5%Structure Fires
• 91034.6%Outside Fires
• 53720.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1696.4%Other