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Soquel: 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 23. The highest number of reported fires - 59 took place in 2008, and the least - 1 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Soquel, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Soquel:	20.7
Capitola:	25.3
Live Oak:	10.7
Aptos:	38.0
Santa Cruz:	23.9
Scotts Valley:	41.0
Ben Lomond:	30.5
Watsonville:	9.2
Los Gatos:	32.2

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.
31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (9.7%) on Saturday.
Based on the 320 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in April.
Out of all 3,696 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.1%), Good Intent Call (18.7%), and Service Call (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Soquel, CA
• 1,70546.1%Rescue & EMS
• 69018.7%Good Intent Call
• 39610.7%Service Call
• 38310.4%Hazardous Condition
• 3208.7%Fire
• 1935.2%False Alarm
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.9%), and Structure Fires (33.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Soquel, CA
• 14745.9%Outside Fires
• 10733.4%Structure Fires
• 4413.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 226.9%Other