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Hillsborough: 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 18. The highest number of fire incidents - 34 took place in 2005, and the least - 4 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Hillsborough, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Hillsborough:	12.6
Burlingame:	17.3
San Mateo:	14.1
Millbrae:	25.4
Belmont:	17.4
Foster City:	10.7
San Bruno:	22.9
San Carlos:	15.2
El Granada:	4.9

24.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (9.4%) on Sunday.
According to the 245 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during June, and the least (4.5%) in February.
Out of all 3,249 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.6%), Hazardous Condition (16.6%), and False Alarm (14.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hillsborough, CA
• 1,15635.6%Rescue & EMS
• 53816.6%Hazardous Condition
• 45614.0%False Alarm
• 42413.1%Good Intent Call
• 42213.0%Service Call
• 2457.5%Fire
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.2%), and Outside Fires (26.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hillsborough, CA
• 9639.2%Structure Fires
• 6526.5%Outside Fires
• 4719.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3715.1%Other