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Arcadia: 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 265. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 441 took place in 2006, and the least - 91 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.


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

Arcadia:	344.5
Port Charlotte:	59.1
North Port:	36.2
Punta Gorda:	138.1
Warm Mineral Springs:	14.8
Sebring:	218.2
Myakka:	0.9
Avon Park:	131.8
Rotonda:	5.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Arcadia:	7 minutes
Port Charlotte:	6 minutes
North Port:	7 minutes
Wauchula:	7 minutes
Punta Gorda:	7 minutes
Lake Placid:	11 minutes
Sebring:	8 minutes
Avon Park:	7 minutes
Englewood:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Arcadia:	3.1
Port Charlotte:	13.3
North Port:	4.3
Wauchula:	5.6
Punta Gorda:	5.3
Lake Placid:	0.9
Sebring:	1.2
Avon Park:	6.1
Englewood:	2.0

24.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 4,238 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in September.
Out of all 22,189 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.5%), Fire (19.1%), and Service Call (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Arcadia, FL
• 12,75657.5%Rescue & EMS
• 4,23819.1%Fire
• 2,0269.1%Service Call
• 1,2815.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1,0464.7%Good Intent Call
• 7073.2%False Alarm
• 1290.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (70.7%), and Structure Fires (12.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Arcadia, FL
• 2,99570.7%Outside Fires
• 52512.4%Structure Fires
• 43010.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2886.8%Other