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Brea: 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 fires per year is 19. The highest number of reported fires - 70 took place in 2017, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Brea, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Brea:	14.2
Placentia:	8.7
La Habra:	10.7
Fullerton:	9.2
Rowland Heights:	6.5
La Habra Heights:	18.9
Anaheim:	11.0
Yorba Linda:	6.8
Diamond Bar:	9.5

34.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.5%) on Friday.
Based on the 261 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during July, and the least (5.0%) in February.
Out of all 12,105 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.4%), Good Intent Call (16.6%), and Service Call (7.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Brea, CA
• 8,03466.4%Rescue & EMS
• 2,00516.6%Good Intent Call
• 8827.3%Service Call
• 5234.3%False Alarm
• 3282.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2612.2%Fire
• 370.3%Special Incident
• 260.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (36.0%), and Outside Fires (32.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Brea, CA
• 9436.0%Structure Fires
• 8432.2%Outside Fires
• 5721.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2610.0%Other