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Lauderdale Lakes: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 85. The highest number of reported fires - 182 took place in 2002, and the least - 13 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Lauderdale Lakes:	22.5
Lauderhill:	24.5
North Lauderdale:	19.9
Oakland Park:	32.1
Tamarac:	11.5
Wilton Manors:	22.3
Plantation:	10.4
Fort Lauderdale:	31.2
Margate:	17.2

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


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

Lauderdale Lakes:	6 minutes
Lauderhill:	6 minutes
North Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Oakland Park:	5 minutes
Tamarac:	6 minutes
Plantation:	7 minutes
Fort Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Margate:	5 minutes
Sunrise:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of casualties - 10 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 30. This indicator was the highest - 119 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Lauderdale Lakes:	31.3
Lauderhill:	39.2
North Lauderdale:	7.7
Oakland Park:	0.5
Tamarac:	7.1
Plantation:	6.6
Fort Lauderdale:	9.8
Margate:	25.8
Sunrise:	32.6

30.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,437 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.4%) took place during January, and the least (7.0%) in September.
Out of all 33,117 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.9%), Good Intent Call (11.3%), and Service Call (6.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lauderdale Lakes, FL
• 22,48167.9%Rescue & EMS
• 3,75611.3%Good Intent Call
• 2,1796.6%Service Call
• 2,0816.3%False Alarm
• 1,4374.3%Fire
• 1,1623.5%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.4%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (20.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lauderdale Lakes, FL
• 81056.4%Structure Fires
• 29520.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 25117.5%Outside Fires
• 815.6%Other