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Vero Beach: 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 352. The highest number of fires - 424 took place in 2016, and the least - 276 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Vero Beach:	238.7
Sebastian:	27.4
Fort Pierce:	123.2
Fellsmere:	52.7
Micco:	28.0
Palm Bay:	33.4
Jensen Beach:	27.0
Stuart:	46.7
Palm City:	21.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Vero Beach:	8 minutes
Sebastian:	8 minutes
Fort Pierce:	9 minutes
Fellsmere:	8 minutes
Malabar:	6 minutes
Palm Bay:	7 minutes
Jensen Beach:	8 minutes
Stuart:	7 minutes
Palm City:	11 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Vero Beach:	2.2
Sebastian:	1.0
Fort Pierce:	2.6
Fellsmere:	0.0
Malabar:	1.8
Palm Bay:	11.5
Jensen Beach:	9.0
Stuart:	10.3
Palm City:	11.7

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 5,987 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in September.
Out of all 107,354 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (74.5%), Hazardous Condition (8.3%), and Fire (5.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Vero Beach, FL
• 79,94774.5%Rescue & EMS
• 8,8908.3%Hazardous Condition
• 5,9875.6%Fire
• 5,2684.9%False Alarm
• 4,9034.6%Good Intent Call
• 2,1532.0%Service Call
• 1220.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (63.6%), and Structure Fires (20.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Vero Beach, FL
• 3,80863.6%Outside Fires
• 1,20920.2%Structure Fires
• 90415.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 661.1%Other