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Half Moon Bay: 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 13. The highest number of fire incidents - 27 took place in 2006, and the least - 2 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Half Moon Bay, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Half Moon Bay:	2.7
El Granada:	4.9
Hillsborough:	12.6
Belmont:	17.4
San Mateo:	14.1
Burlingame:	17.3
San Carlos:	15.2
Millbrae:	25.4
Woodside:	83.2

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a decreasing trend.
35.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (10.6%) on Monday.
Based on the 179 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during October, and the least (5.0%) in December.
Out of all 645 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (29.1%), Fire (27.8%), and Overpressure Rupture (25.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Half Moon Bay, CA
• 18829.1%Hazardous Condition
• 17927.8%Fire
• 16725.9%Rescue & EMS
• 7211.2%Service Call
• 192.9%Good Intent Call
• 192.9%False Alarm
• 10.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.2%), and Structure Fires (38.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Half Moon Bay, CA
• 7240.2%Outside Fires
• 6838.0%Structure Fires
• 2212.3%Other
• 179.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires