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Bartow: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 171. The highest number of fire incidents - 230 took place in 2010, and the least - 93 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Bartow:	82.0
Highland City:	0.9
Wahneta:	5.9
Fort Meade:	156.2
Winter Haven:	100.1
Auburndale:	92.3
Lakeland:	72.9
Lake Alfred:	43.8
Lake Wales:	156.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Florida median value.


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

Bartow:	8 minutes
Mulberry:	9 minutes
Fort Meade:	8 minutes
Winter Haven:	8 minutes
Auburndale:	6 minutes
Lakeland:	8 minutes
Lake Alfred:	5 minutes
Lake Wales:	8 minutes
Plant City:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 27 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Florida value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is much higher.


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

Bartow:	3.4
Winter Haven:	2.4
Lakeland:	2.0
Lake Wales:	1.9
Plant City:	2.6

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2013. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2013. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Florida value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Bartow:	9.0
Mulberry:	7.0
Fort Meade:	0.9
Winter Haven:	6.2
Auburndale:	5.6
Lakeland:	17.2
Lake Alfred:	5.2
Lake Wales:	7.3
Plant City:	26.6

27.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 2,902 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in August.
Out of all 25,907 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.3%), Service Call (14.1%), and Fire (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bartow, FL
• 15,63360.3%Rescue & EMS
• 3,64614.1%Service Call
• 2,90211.2%Fire
• 1,9917.7%Good Intent Call
• 9413.6%Hazardous Condition
• 7222.8%False Alarm
• 340.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.6%), and Structure Fires (24.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bartow, FL
• 1,58454.6%Outside Fires
• 72024.8%Structure Fires
• 53318.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 652.2%Other