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Coconut Creek: 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 88. The highest number of reported fires - 120 took place in 2005, and the least - 50 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Coconut Creek:	13.4
Margate:	17.2
Parkland:	4.4
Deerfield Beach:	20.3
Pompano Beach:	20.2
Coral Springs:	3.5
North Lauderdale:	19.9
Lighthouse Point:	22.5
Tamarac:	11.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the Florida median value.


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

Coconut Creek:	6 minutes
Margate:	5 minutes
Deerfield Beach:	6 minutes
Pompano Beach:	6 minutes
Coral Springs:	5 minutes
North Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Tamarac:	6 minutes
Oakland Park:	5 minutes
Lauderdale Lakes:	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 - 1 took place in 2004, 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 yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 23. This indicator was the highest - 57 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Coconut Creek:	23.3
Margate:	25.8
Deerfield Beach:	21.5
Pompano Beach:	41.3
Coral Springs:	16.9
North Lauderdale:	7.7
Tamarac:	7.1
Oakland Park:	0.5
Lauderdale Lakes:	31.3

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.0%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,500 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during January, and the least (6.8%) in August.
Out of all 45,720 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.1%), Service Call (19.1%), and Good Intent Call (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Coconut Creek, FL
• 27,03359.1%Rescue & EMS
• 8,71719.1%Service Call
• 5,11411.2%Good Intent Call
• 2,3155.1%False Alarm
• 1,5003.3%Fire
• 9812.1%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.7%), and Outside Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Coconut Creek, FL
• 61040.7%Structure Fires
• 54036.0%Outside Fires
• 27118.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 795.3%Other