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Estero: 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 78. The highest number of reported fires - 155 took place in 2007, and the least - 7 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Estero:	26.8
San Carlos Park:	0.6
Bonita Springs:	27.4
Fort Myers Beach:	6.9
Gateway:	1.2
Fort Myers:	97.1
Lehigh Acres:	39.2
Sanibel:	40.4
Cape Coral:	14.4

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


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

Estero:	6 minutes
Bonita Springs:	6 minutes
Fort Myers:	5 minutes
Lehigh Acres:	7 minutes
Cape Coral:	6 minutes
North Fort Myers:	6 minutes
Naples:	6 minutes
Alva:	7 minutes
Immokalee:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Florida value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Estero:	3.8
Bonita Springs:	5.2
Fort Myers:	15.4
Lehigh Acres:	10.9
Cape Coral:	13.1
North Fort Myers:	7.1
Naples:	8.3
Alva:	7.9
Immokalee:	24.3

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,321 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.7%) took place during May, and the least (5.5%) in December.
Out of all 16,087 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.1%), Good Intent Call (12.3%), and Fire (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Estero, FL
• 9,83161.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,98312.3%Good Intent Call
• 1,3218.2%Fire
• 1,2417.7%Service Call
• 1,0976.8%False Alarm
• 5883.7%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (57.8%), and Structure Fires (23.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Estero, FL
• 76357.8%Outside Fires
• 31123.5%Structure Fires
• 23317.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 141.1%Other