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Palm Beach: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 28. The highest number of fire incidents - 45 took place in 2015, and the least - 12 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Palm Beach, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Palm Beach:	41.6
West Palm Beach:	39.1
Riviera Beach:	39.6
Lake Park:	47.7
Palm Springs:	22.6
Lake Worth:	28.6
North Palm Beach:	17.1
Greenacres:	14.3
Palm Beach Gardens:	2.0

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a constant trend.
32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (19.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.6%) on Saturday.
Based on the 368 fires from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during January, and the least (4.3%) in September.
Out of all 11,288 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.3%), False Alarm (16.5%), and Hazardous Condition (13.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palm Beach, FL
• 6,47057.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,86616.5%False Alarm
• 1,50913.4%Hazardous Condition
• 5494.9%Good Intent Call
• 4964.4%Service Call
• 3683.3%Fire
• 130.1%Special Incident
• 120.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (47.3%), and Outside Fires (42.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palm Beach, FL
• 17447.3%Structure Fires
• 15742.7%Outside Fires
• 339.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 41.1%Other