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Lehigh Acres: 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 fires per year is 371. The highest number of fire incidents - 691 took place in 2006, and the least - 174 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Lehigh Acres:	39.2
Gateway:	1.2
Fort Myers:	97.1
San Carlos Park:	0.6
Estero:	26.8
North Fort Myers:	59.6
La Belle:	44.6
Immokalee:	49.8
Bonita Springs:	27.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Lehigh Acres:	7 minutes
Alva:	7 minutes
Fort Myers:	5 minutes
Estero:	6 minutes
North Fort Myers:	6 minutes
La Belle:	7 minutes
Immokalee:	6 minutes
Bonita Springs:	6 minutes
Cape Coral:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of reported casualties - 10 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 30 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Florida value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Lehigh Acres:	10.9
Alva:	7.9
Fort Myers:	15.4
Estero:	3.8
North Fort Myers:	7.1
La Belle:	3.9
Immokalee:	24.3
Bonita Springs:	5.2
Cape Coral:	13.1

22.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 77.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 6,302 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in September.
Out of all 58,302 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.5%), Fire (10.8%), and Service Call (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lehigh Acres, FL
• 38,75866.5%Rescue & EMS
• 6,30210.8%Fire
• 4,9808.5%Service Call
• 4,2687.3%Good Intent Call
• 2,3704.1%False Alarm
• 1,5762.7%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (60.7%), and Structure Fires (18.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lehigh Acres, FL
• 3,82660.7%Outside Fires
• 1,16218.4%Structure Fires
• 1,09317.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2213.5%Other