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Sanibel: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 26. The highest number of fires - 46 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2017. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Sanibel, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Sanibel:	40.4
Sanibel Island:	3.5
Fort Myers Beach:	6.9
Cape Coral:	14.4
San Carlos Park:	0.6
Estero:	26.8
Bonita Springs:	27.4
Fort Myers:	97.1
North Fort Myers:	59.6

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (20.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Monday.
According to the 412 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (2.7%) in September.
Out of all 5,684 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.4%), Good Intent Call (18.5%), and Service Call (9.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sanibel, FL
• 2,69747.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,05018.5%Good Intent Call
• 5609.9%Service Call
• 5149.0%False Alarm
• 4427.8%Hazardous Condition
• 4127.2%Fire
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (48.1%), and Structure Fires (29.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sanibel, FL
• 19848.1%Outside Fires
• 12129.4%Structure Fires
• 5814.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 358.5%Other