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Oakland Park: 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 fire incidents per year is 114. The highest number of reported fires - 161 took place in 2006, and the least - 17 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Oakland Park:	32.1
Wilton Manors:	22.3
Fort Lauderdale:	31.2
Lauderdale Lakes:	22.5
Pompano Beach:	20.2
Lauderhill:	24.5
North Lauderdale:	19.9
Margate:	17.2
Tamarac:	11.5

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


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

Oakland Park:	5 minutes
Fort Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Lauderdale Lakes:	6 minutes
Pompano Beach:	6 minutes
Lauderhill:	6 minutes
North Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Margate:	5 minutes
Tamarac:	6 minutes
Coconut Creek:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.
35.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,940 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during January, and the least (6.3%) in June.
Out of all 42,784 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.9%), Good Intent Call (16.2%), and Hazardous Condition (5.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Oakland Park, FL
• 28,20065.9%Rescue & EMS
• 6,91616.2%Good Intent Call
• 2,1925.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,9404.5%Fire
• 1,8454.3%False Alarm
• 1,6583.9%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (37.7%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (28.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Oakland Park, FL
• 73237.7%Structure Fires
• 54928.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 52627.1%Outside Fires
• 1336.9%Other