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Santa Ana: 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 fire incidents per year is 276. The highest number of reported fires - 705 took place in 2005, and the least - 4 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Santa Ana:	14.7
Tustin:	12.4
Fountain Valley:	2.5
Orange:	5.0
Garden Grove:	3.6
North Tustin:	0.8
Costa Mesa:	17.6
Midway City:	10.2
Irvine:	11.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the California median value.


The median response time in Santa Ana, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Santa Ana:	5 minutes
Tustin:	6 minutes
Fountain Valley:	6 minutes
Orange:	5 minutes
Garden Grove:	6 minutes
Costa Mesa:	5 minutes
Irvine:	6 minutes
Westminster:	5 minutes
Anaheim:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the California value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

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

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 5. The highest number of injuries - 20 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 33 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Santa Ana:	16.8
Tustin:	20.1
Fountain Valley:	31.9
Orange:	4.6
Garden Grove:	24.0
Costa Mesa:	16.4
Irvine:	15.1
Westminster:	24.0
Anaheim:	4.3

37.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Saturday.
According to the 3,864 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during July, and the least (6.2%) in September.
Out of all 99,347 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (76.8%), Good Intent Call (10.6%), and Fire (3.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Santa Ana, CA
• 76,33276.8%Rescue & EMS
• 10,48510.6%Good Intent Call
• 3,8643.9%Fire
• 3,5053.5%False Alarm
• 2,9783.0%Service Call
• 2,0192.0%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (39.5%), and Structure Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Santa Ana, CA
• 1,52539.5%Outside Fires
• 1,20231.1%Structure Fires
• 90623.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2316.0%Other