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Poway: 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 34. The highest number of reported fires - 93 took place in 2008, and the least - 1 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Poway, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Poway:	16.2
Santee:	16.9
Ramona:	24.5
Escondido:	17.9
Lakeside:	55.2
El Cajon:	14.4
Solana Beach:	36.7
La Mesa:	6.2
San Marcos:	15.0

33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (19.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (10.8%) on Tuesday.
According to the 481 fire incidents from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during June, and the least (4.8%) in November.
Out of all 12,180 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.0%), Good Intent Call (10.5%), and Service Call (6.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Poway, CA
• 8,52870.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,28210.5%Good Intent Call
• 8156.7%Service Call
• 7906.5%False Alarm
• 4813.9%Fire
• 2632.2%Hazardous Condition
• 160.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (36.8%), and Outside Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Poway, CA
• 17736.8%Structure Fires
• 17336.0%Outside Fires
• 10221.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 296.0%Other