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Lake Wales: 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 fires per year is 209. The highest number of reported fires - 310 took place in 2006, and the least - 129 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Lake Wales:	156.1
Wahneta:	5.9
Winter Haven:	100.1
Haines City:	85.2
Bartow:	82.0
Lake Alfred:	43.8
Fort Meade:	156.2
Auburndale:	92.3
Highland City:	0.9

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


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

Lake Wales:	8 minutes
Frostproof:	11 minutes
Winter Haven:	8 minutes
Haines City:	8 minutes
Bartow:	8 minutes
Lake Alfred:	5 minutes
Fort Meade:	8 minutes
Auburndale:	6 minutes
Davenport:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is similar.


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

Lake Wales:	1.9
Winter Haven:	2.4
Bartow:	3.4
Lakeland:	2.0
Kissimmee:	1.4
Sebring:	1.0
Plant City:	2.6

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 14 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 45 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Lake Wales:	7.3
Frostproof:	4.9
Winter Haven:	6.2
Haines City:	5.3
Bartow:	9.0
Lake Alfred:	5.2
Fort Meade:	0.9
Auburndale:	5.6
Davenport:	4.7

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 3,142 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during May, and the least (5.9%) in August.
Out of all 28,252 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.2%), Good Intent Call (12.7%), and Fire (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Wales, FL
• 17,84963.2%Rescue & EMS
• 3,57412.7%Good Intent Call
• 3,14211.1%Fire
• 1,6385.8%Service Call
• 1,3774.9%Hazardous Condition
• 6332.2%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.5%), and Structure Fires (27.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Wales, FL
• 1,74555.5%Outside Fires
• 86127.4%Structure Fires
• 47015.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 662.1%Other