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Westminster: 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 110. The highest number of reported fires - 164 took place in 2005, and the least - 83 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Westminster:	13.8
Midway City:	10.2
Garden Grove:	3.6
Stanton:	12.4
Fountain Valley:	2.5
Huntington Beach:	2.7
Seal Beach:	17.8
Cypress:	8.7
Los Alamitos:	16.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Westminster:	5 minutes
Garden Grove:	6 minutes
Stanton:	5 minutes
Fountain Valley:	6 minutes
Huntington Beach:	6 minutes
Seal Beach:	5 minutes
Cypress:	5 minutes
Santa Ana:	5 minutes
Buena Park:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 11 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 23. This indicator was the highest - 82 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the California value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Westminster:	24.0
Garden Grove:	24.0
Stanton:	24.7
Fountain Valley:	31.9
Huntington Beach:	31.1
Seal Beach:	11.6
Cypress:	24.5
Santa Ana:	16.8
Buena Park:	22.3

36.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,541 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during July, and the least (5.8%) in November.
Out of all 29,870 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (77.2%), Good Intent Call (7.8%), and Fire (5.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Westminster, CA
• 23,05877.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,3327.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,5415.2%Fire
• 1,2294.1%Service Call
• 9053.0%Hazardous Condition
• 7502.5%False Alarm
• 320.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (34.9%), and Structure Fires (32.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Westminster, CA
• 53834.9%Outside Fires
• 50432.7%Structure Fires
• 39825.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1016.6%Other