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Lake Worth: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

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 172. The highest number of reported fires - 351 took place in 2011, and the least - 94 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Lake Worth:	28.6
Lantana:	26.1
Palm Springs:	22.6
Greenacres:	14.3
West Palm Beach:	39.1
Boynton Beach:	15.6
Palm Beach:	41.6
Riviera Beach:	39.6
Delray Beach:	25.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Lake Worth:	6 minutes
Greenacres:	5 minutes
West Palm Beach:	6 minutes
Boynton Beach:	5 minutes
Riviera Beach:	5 minutes
Delray Beach:	5 minutes
Wellington:	7 minutes
North Palm Beach:	5 minutes
Palm Beach Gardens:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Florida value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is about the same.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Lake Worth, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Lake Worth:	1.6
West Palm Beach:	1.8
Boynton Beach:	0.4
Boca Raton:	0.3

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 7. The highest number of reported injuries - 18 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 1 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 35. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2012, and the lowest 7 in 2014. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Lake Worth:	38.4
Greenacres:	34.9
West Palm Beach:	23.5
Boynton Beach:	17.3
Riviera Beach:	50.2
Delray Beach:	25.3
Wellington:	29.8
North Palm Beach:	33.8
Palm Beach Gardens:	4.4

32.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Tuesday.
According to the 2,579 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 36,368 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.4%), Good Intent Call (14.0%), and Fire (7.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Worth, FL
• 24,53067.4%Rescue & EMS
• 5,08114.0%Good Intent Call
• 2,5797.1%Fire
• 1,8215.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4233.9%Service Call
• 8922.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.9%), and Structure Fires (35.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Worth, FL
• 1,05440.9%Outside Fires
• 92035.7%Structure Fires
• 53620.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 692.7%Other