Watsonville: Fire Incidents, California (CA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Watsonville, CA
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2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Watsonville, CA
- 83348.2%Fire
- 43425.1%Rescue & EMS
- 17810.3%Good Intent Call
- 1488.6%Hazardous Condition
- 774.5%Service Call
- 563.2%False Alarm
- 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
- 20.1%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Watsonville, CA
- 37645.1%Structure Fires
- 24929.9%Outside Fires
- 13816.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 708.4%Other
Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 59. The highest number of reported fires - 223 took place in 2008, and the least - 25 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Watsonville, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Watsonville: | 9.2 |
| Aptos: | 38.0 |
| Prunedale: | 20.7 |
| Castroville: | 43.2 |
| Soquel: | 20.7 |
| Capitola: | 25.3 |
| Gilroy: | 55.0 |
| Live Oak: | 10.7 |
| San Martin: | 13.8 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.The median response time in Watsonville, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Watsonville: | 11 minutes |
| Aptos: | 7 minutes |
| Prunedale: | 8 minutes |
| Gilroy: | 7 minutes |
| Live Oak: | 6 minutes |
| Santa Cruz: | 6 minutes |
| Morgan Hill: | 6 minutes |
| Scotts Valley: | 7 minutes |
| Marina: | 6 minutes |
30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (30.5%) took place on Friday, and the least (8.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 833 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (26.1%) took place during June, and the least (3.8%) in November.
Out of all 1,730 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (48.2%), Rescue & EMS (25.1%), and Good Intent Call (10.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.1%), and Outside Fires (29.9%).