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Coral Springs: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2002 - 2016 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2016 the average number of fire incidents per year is 209. The highest number of fires - 338 took place in 2005, and the least - 1 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Coral Springs:	3.5
Parkland:	4.4
Margate:	17.2
North Lauderdale:	19.9
Coconut Creek:	13.4
Tamarac:	11.5
Lauderhill:	24.5
Lauderdale Lakes:	22.5
Sunrise:	16.0

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


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

Coral Springs:	5 minutes
Margate:	5 minutes
North Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Coconut Creek:	6 minutes
Tamarac:	6 minutes
Lauderhill:	6 minutes
Lauderdale Lakes:	6 minutes
Sunrise:	6 minutes
Pompano Beach:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2016 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 4. The highest number of reported injuries - 12 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 16. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Florida value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Coral Springs:	16.9
Margate:	25.8
North Lauderdale:	7.7
Coconut Creek:	23.3
Tamarac:	7.1
Lauderhill:	39.2
Lauderdale Lakes:	31.3
Sunrise:	32.6
Pompano Beach:	41.3

27.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 3,133 reports from years 2002 - 2016 most fires (10.8%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in September.
Out of all 37,224 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2016, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.2%), Hazardous Condition (10.5%), and Fire (8.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Coral Springs, FL
• 22,78361.2%Rescue & EMS
• 3,90710.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3,1338.4%Fire
• 2,6687.2%False Alarm
• 2,3366.3%Good Intent Call
• 2,3086.2%Service Call
• 420.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 380.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.3%), and Structure Fires (35.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Coral Springs, FL
• 1,35643.3%Outside Fires
• 1,10235.2%Structure Fires
• 51616.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1595.1%Other