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Clewiston: 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 152. The highest number of fire incidents - 256 took place in 2012, and the least - 3 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Clewiston:	226.9
South Bay:	29.2
Belle Glade:	30.5
Pahokee:	36.5
La Belle:	44.6
Glades:	0.5
Indiantown:	54.2
Okeechobee:	455.0
Immokalee:	49.8

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 Clewiston, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Clewiston:	8 minutes
Belle Glade:	5 minutes
La Belle:	7 minutes
Okeechobee:	9 minutes
Immokalee:	6 minutes
Wellington:	7 minutes
Alva:	7 minutes
Lehigh Acres:	7 minutes
Lake Placid:	11 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Florida value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

Clewiston:	1.2
Okeechobee:	2.6
Lehigh Acres:	0.5

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Clewiston:	2.3
Belle Glade:	31.4
La Belle:	3.9
Okeechobee:	8.4
Immokalee:	24.3
Wellington:	29.8
Alva:	7.9
Lehigh Acres:	10.9
Lake Placid:	0.9

29.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 2,581 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in July.
Out of all 16,241 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Service Call (33.8%), Rescue & EMS (26.1%), and Fire (15.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clewiston, FL
• 5,49433.8%Service Call
• 4,23726.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,58115.9%Fire
• 1,81611.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,1567.1%Good Intent Call
• 5073.1%Special Incident
• 3742.3%False Alarm
• 710.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (61.4%), and Structure Fires (22.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clewiston, FL
• 1,58561.4%Outside Fires
• 58022.5%Structure Fires
• 32912.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 873.4%Other