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La Palma: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 13. The highest number of fires - 19 took place in 2007, and the least - 7 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in La Palma, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
La Palma:	7.8
Cerritos:	14.6
Cypress:	8.7
Hawaiian Gardens:	20.8
Buena Park:	14.2
Artesia:	14.4
Los Alamitos:	16.2
La Mirada:	7.6
Stanton:	12.4

37.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.4%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 184 fire incidents from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (15.8%) took place during July, and the least (4.9%) in September.
Out of all 4,788 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (77.6%), Good Intent Call (6.7%), and Service Call (5.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in La Palma, CA
• 3,71777.6%Rescue & EMS
• 3216.7%Good Intent Call
• 2475.2%Service Call
• 1883.9%False Alarm
• 1843.8%Fire
• 1252.6%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (37.5%), and Structure Fires (34.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in La Palma, CA
• 6937.5%Outside Fires
• 6334.2%Structure Fires
• 3116.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2111.4%Other