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Fort Myers: 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 689. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 923 took place in 2006, and the least - 425 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.


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

Fort Myers:	97.1
North Fort Myers:	59.6
Gateway:	1.2
Cape Coral:	14.4
San Carlos Park:	0.6
Lehigh Acres:	39.2
Fort Myers Beach:	6.9
Estero:	26.8
Sanibel:	40.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the Florida value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Fort Myers:	2.7
North Fort Myers:	1.7
Cape Coral:	1.2
Lehigh Acres:	0.5
Punta Gorda:	2.3
Port Charlotte:	0.8
Naples:	1.1
North Port:	0.6
Arcadia:	0.9

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 11. The highest number of injuries - 19 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 4 in 2014. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 15. This indicator was the highest - 23 in 2010, and the lowest 6 in 2014. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Fort Myers:	15.4
North Fort Myers:	7.1
Cape Coral:	13.1
Lehigh Acres:	10.9
Estero:	3.8
Alva:	7.9
Bonita Springs:	5.2
Punta Gorda:	5.3
La Belle:	3.9

29.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 11,707 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during May, and the least (5.5%) in September.
Out of all 219,901 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.4%), Good Intent Call (18.0%), and False Alarm (6.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fort Myers, FL
• 128,47458.4%Rescue & EMS
• 39,56918.0%Good Intent Call
• 14,2116.5%False Alarm
• 14,0706.4%Hazardous Condition
• 11,7075.3%Fire
• 11,5155.2%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.7%), and Structure Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fort Myers, FL
• 5,81549.7%Outside Fires
• 3,24527.7%Structure Fires
• 2,26319.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3843.3%Other