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Cottonwood: 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 fires per year is 57. The highest number of fires - 113 took place in 2008, and the least - 15 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Cottonwood:	8 minutes
Anderson:	6 minutes
Redding:	8 minutes
Red Bluff:	4 minutes
Corning:	10 minutes
Chico:	5 minutes
Paradise:	4 minutes
Willows:	5 minutes

32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 797 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during June, and the least (5.1%) in March.
Out of all 3,052 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (53.1%), Fire (26.1%), and Service Call (8.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cottonwood, CA
• 1,62053.1%Rescue & EMS
• 79726.1%Fire
• 2528.3%Good Intent Call
• 1504.9%Service Call
• 1354.4%Hazardous Condition
• 842.8%False Alarm
• 130.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.3%), and Structure Fires (24.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cottonwood, CA
• 43354.3%Outside Fires
• 19524.5%Structure Fires
• 9912.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 708.8%Other