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Fort White: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 31. The highest number of fire incidents - 78 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has a growing 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 Fort White, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Fort White:	10 minutes
High Springs:	9 minutes
Alachua:	10 minutes
Lake City:	8 minutes
Newberry:	9 minutes
Trenton:	13 minutes
Lake Butler:	8 minutes
Fanning Springs:	12 minutes
White Springs:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 9. This indicator was the highest - 57 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Fort White:	13.9
High Springs:	1.9
Alachua:	2.1
Lake City:	6.8
Newberry:	1.8
Trenton:	0.0
Lake Butler:	0.0
Fanning Springs:	3.2
White Springs:	3.8

22.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 77.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.6%) on Monday.
Based on the 502 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during January, and the least (4.0%) in July.
Out of all 3,481 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.3%), Fire (14.4%), and Good Intent Call (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fort White, FL
• 2,30766.3%Rescue & EMS
• 50214.4%Fire
• 3149.0%Good Intent Call
• 2005.7%Hazardous Condition
• 752.2%Service Call
• 621.8%False Alarm
• 90.3%Special Incident
• 70.2%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (60.6%), and Structure Fires (25.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fort White, FL
• 30460.6%Outside Fires
• 12825.5%Structure Fires
• 6512.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 51.0%Other