Foster City: Fire Incidents, California (CA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Foster City, CA
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2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Foster City, CA
- 3,91252.3%Rescue & EMS
- 95312.7%Service Call
- 6949.3%Good Intent Call
- 6518.7%Hazardous Condition
- 6438.6%Fire
- 6108.2%False Alarm
- 110.1%Special Incident
- 90.1%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Foster City, CA
- 38159.3%Structure Fires
- 13020.2%Outside Fires
- 7611.8%Other
- 568.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 46. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 100 took place in 2005, and the least - 19 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Foster City, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Foster City: | 10.7 |
| San Mateo: | 14.1 |
| Belmont: | 17.4 |
| San Carlos: | 15.2 |
| Hillsborough: | 12.6 |
| Redwood City: | 23.3 |
| Burlingame: | 17.3 |
| Atherton: | 10.3 |
| Millbrae: | 25.4 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the California median value.The median response time in Foster City, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Foster City: | 4 minutes |
| San Mateo: | 4 minutes |
| Belmont: | 5 minutes |
| San Carlos: | 5 minutes |
| Redwood City: | 5 minutes |
| Burlingame: | 4 minutes |
| Millbrae: | 4 minutes |
| Menlo Park: | 4 minutes |
| East Palo Alto: | 4 minutes |
24.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (10.1%) on Friday.
Based on the 643 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.4%) in November.
Out of all 7,484 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.3%), Service Call (12.7%), and Good Intent Call (9.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.3%), and Outside Fires (20.2%).