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Palm Springs: 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 fire incidents per year is 29. The highest number of fire incidents - 54 took place in 2016, and the least - 1 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Palm Springs, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Palm Springs:	22.6
Greenacres:	14.3
Lake Worth:	28.6
Lantana:	26.1
West Palm Beach:	39.1
Palm Beach:	41.6
Boynton Beach:	15.6
Royal Palm Beach:	11.2
Riviera Beach:	39.6

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.3%) on Tuesday.
According to the 430 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in June.
Out of all 15,704 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (77.4%), Good Intent Call (10.5%), and Service Call (3.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palm Springs, FL
• 12,16077.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,65010.5%Good Intent Call
• 5443.5%Service Call
• 5383.4%False Alarm
• 4302.7%Fire
• 3652.3%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.8%), and Structure Fires (33.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palm Springs, FL
• 18442.8%Outside Fires
• 14233.0%Structure Fires
• 9421.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 102.3%Other