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North Port: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 234. The highest number of reported fires - 377 took place in 2006, and the least - 14 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

North Port:	36.2
Warm Mineral Springs:	14.8
Port Charlotte:	59.1
Punta Gorda:	138.1
Englewood:	20.0
Rotonda:	5.3
South Venice:	1.4
Venice:	72.4
Osprey:	8.2

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


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

North Port:	7 minutes
Port Charlotte:	6 minutes
Punta Gorda:	7 minutes
Englewood:	6 minutes
Venice:	6 minutes
Nokomis:	6 minutes
Arcadia:	7 minutes
Sarasota:	6 minutes
North Fort Myers:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 15 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Florida value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

North Port:	4.3
Port Charlotte:	13.3
Punta Gorda:	5.3
Englewood:	2.0
Venice:	4.0
Nokomis:	3.6
Arcadia:	3.1
Sarasota:	6.5
North Fort Myers:	7.1

22.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 77.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 3,520 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during May, and the least (5.0%) in September.
Out of all 31,175 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.6%), Fire (11.3%), and Service Call (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in North Port, FL
• 19,82263.6%Rescue & EMS
• 3,52011.3%Fire
• 3,16710.2%Service Call
• 1,9246.2%Good Intent Call
• 1,3804.4%False Alarm
• 1,3284.3%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (70.8%), and Structure Fires (13.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in North Port, FL
• 2,49370.8%Outside Fires
• 47213.4%Structure Fires
• 37810.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1775.0%Other