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South Bay: 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 19. The highest number of fire incidents - 45 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2007. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Bay, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
South Bay:	29.2
Belle Glade:	30.5
Pahokee:	36.5
Clewiston:	226.9
Glades:	0.5
Wellington:	8.3
Indiantown:	54.2
Royal Palm Beach:	11.2
Greenacres:	14.3

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.6%) on Wednesday.
According to the 319 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during March, and the least (3.8%) in October.
Out of all 2,384 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.5%), Fire (13.4%), and Good Intent Call (8.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Bay, FL
• 1,49162.5%Rescue & EMS
• 31913.4%Fire
• 2068.6%Good Intent Call
• 1948.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1255.2%False Alarm
• 421.8%Service Call
• 50.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.9%), and Structure Fires (27.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Bay, FL
• 15648.9%Outside Fires
• 8827.6%Structure Fires
• 6821.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 72.2%Other