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Zephyrhills: 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 fires per year is 93. The highest number of reported fires - 145 took place in 2005, and the least - 23 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Zephyrhills:	71.4
Dade City:	135.8
Wesley Chapel:	20.4
Kathleen:	1.6
Thonotosassa:	10.4
Plant City:	49.4
Seffner:	10.6
Temple Terrace:	16.8
Lutz:	14.8

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


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

Zephyrhills:	7 minutes
Dade City:	7 minutes
Wesley Chapel:	8 minutes
Plant City:	6 minutes
Seffner:	8 minutes
Temple Terrace:	5 minutes
Lutz:	9 minutes
Lakeland:	8 minutes
Polk City:	11 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of casualties - 6 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 25. This indicator was the highest - 56 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Zephyrhills:	26.0
Dade City:	10.3
Wesley Chapel:	28.4
Plant City:	26.6
Seffner:	9.5
Temple Terrace:	25.2
Lutz:	12.6
Lakeland:	17.2
Polk City:	4.9

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,575 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in July.
Out of all 38,645 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (73.1%), Service Call (10.6%), and Good Intent Call (5.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Zephyrhills, FL
• 28,24373.1%Rescue & EMS
• 4,11010.6%Service Call
• 2,1965.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,6474.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,5754.1%Fire
• 8192.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (38.8%), and Structure Fires (35.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zephyrhills, FL
• 61138.8%Outside Fires
• 56035.6%Structure Fires
• 33621.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 684.3%Other