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Penn Valley: Fire Incidents, California (CA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 50. The highest number of fire incidents - 82 took place in 2007, and the least - 5 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Penn Valley:	10 minutes
Grass Valley:	7 minutes
Nevada City:	8 minutes
Olivehurst:	5 minutes
Marysville:	6 minutes
Auburn:	6 minutes
Lincoln:	9 minutes
Yuba City:	6 minutes
Palermo:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 31 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Penn Valley:	6.6
Grass Valley:	5.4
Nevada City:	6.5
Olivehurst:	1.8
Marysville:	1.5
Auburn:	1.5
Lincoln:	0.0
Yuba City:	6.3
Palermo:	0.0

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 759 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (15.2%) took place during June, and the least (5.1%) in March.
Out of all 6,376 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (56.2%), Hazardous Condition (14.8%), and Fire (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Penn Valley, CA
• 3,58656.2%Rescue & EMS
• 94614.8%Service Call
• 75911.9%Fire
• 5638.8%Good Intent Call
• 3275.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1842.9%False Alarm
• 70.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (48.0%), and Structure Fires (30.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Penn Valley, CA
• 36448.0%Outside Fires
• 23430.8%Structure Fires
• 11314.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 486.3%Other