Jump to a detailed profile or search site with

Los Alamitos: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 21. The highest number of fires - 32 took place in 2005, and the least - 10 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Los Alamitos, CA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Los Alamitos:	16.2
Rossmoor:	2.3
Cypress:	8.7
Hawaiian Gardens:	20.8
Seal Beach:	17.8
La Palma:	7.8
Stanton:	12.4
Lakewood:	12.0
Cerritos:	14.6

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
35.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.4%) on Saturday.
According to the 299 fire incidents from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during February, and the least (4.3%) in June.
Out of all 5,557 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (72.3%), Good Intent Call (9.3%), and Fire (5.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Los Alamitos, CA
• 4,01672.3%Rescue & EMS
• 5179.3%Good Intent Call
• 2995.4%Fire
• 2734.9%False Alarm
• 2444.4%Service Call
• 1983.6%Hazardous Condition
• 70.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (35.5%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (33.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Los Alamitos, CA
• 10635.5%Outside Fires
• 9933.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7424.7%Structure Fires
• 206.7%Other