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Winter Haven: 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 fire incidents per year is 321. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 485 took place in 2017, and the least - 132 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Winter Haven:	100.1
Lake Alfred:	43.8
Auburndale:	92.3
Wahneta:	5.9
Haines City:	85.2
Highland City:	0.9
Bartow:	82.0
Lake Wales:	156.1
Lakeland:	72.9

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


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

Winter Haven:	8 minutes
Lake Alfred:	5 minutes
Auburndale:	6 minutes
Haines City:	8 minutes
Davenport:	9 minutes
Polk City:	11 minutes
Bartow:	8 minutes
Lake Wales:	8 minutes
Lakeland:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Winter Haven:	2.4
Bartow:	3.4
Lake Wales:	1.9
Lakeland:	2.0
Plant City:	2.6
Kissimmee:	1.4

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Winter Haven:	6.2
Lake Alfred:	5.2
Auburndale:	5.6
Haines City:	5.3
Davenport:	4.7
Polk City:	4.9
Bartow:	9.0
Lake Wales:	7.3
Lakeland:	17.2

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 5,449 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during April, and the least (6.5%) in September.
Out of all 65,579 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.4%), Good Intent Call (14.0%), and Fire (8.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Winter Haven, FL
• 41,54763.4%Rescue & EMS
• 9,20714.0%Good Intent Call
• 5,4498.3%Fire
• 3,9306.0%Service Call
• 2,8884.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2,5063.8%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.4%), and Outside Fires (39.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Winter Haven, FL
• 2,36543.4%Structure Fires
• 2,14039.3%Outside Fires
• 76814.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1763.2%Other