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Hermosa Beach: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 39. The highest number of fires - 68 took place in 2013, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Hermosa Beach:	8.2
Redondo Beach:	17.9
Manhattan Beach:	13.8
Lawndale:	14.3
El Segundo:	31.3
Torrance:	13.1
Hawthorne:	18.5
Gardena:	27.7
Lennox:	13.5

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


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

Hermosa Beach:	5 minutes
Redondo Beach:	5 minutes
Manhattan Beach:	5 minutes
El Segundo:	5 minutes
Torrance:	5 minutes
Hawthorne:	4 minutes
Gardena:	5 minutes
Inglewood:	4 minutes
Carson:	4 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.



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

Hermosa Beach:	6.1
Redondo Beach:	3.2
Manhattan Beach:	0.0
El Segundo:	1.5
Torrance:	4.2
Hawthorne:	0.5
Gardena:	1.4
Inglewood:	0.0
Carson:	1.5

34.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 660 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during January, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 7,155 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.3%), Good Intent Call (16.3%), and Hazardous Condition (13.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hermosa Beach, CA
• 3,38147.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,16516.3%Good Intent Call
• 97713.7%Hazardous Condition
• 6609.2%Fire
• 4696.6%False Alarm
• 4596.4%Service Call
• 350.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (61.8%), and Outside Fires (25.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hermosa Beach, CA
• 40861.8%Structure Fires
• 17125.9%Outside Fires
• 487.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 335.0%Other