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Deerfield Beach: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2010 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 154. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 186 took place in 2012, and the least - 130 in 2014. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Deerfield Beach:	20.3
Lighthouse Point:	22.5
Coconut Creek:	13.4
Boca Raton:	21.4
Pompano Beach:	20.2
Margate:	17.2
Parkland:	4.4
Coral Springs:	3.5
North Lauderdale:	19.9

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


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

Deerfield Beach:	6 minutes
Coconut Creek:	6 minutes
Boca Raton:	6 minutes
Pompano Beach:	6 minutes
Margate:	5 minutes
Coral Springs:	5 minutes
North Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Oakland Park:	5 minutes
Tamarac:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend.

According to the data from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of injuries - 15 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2015. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 22. This indicator was the highest - 97 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2015. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Florida value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Deerfield Beach:	21.5
Coconut Creek:	23.3
Boca Raton:	25.2
Pompano Beach:	41.3
Margate:	25.8
Coral Springs:	16.9
North Lauderdale:	7.7
Oakland Park:	0.5
Tamarac:	7.1

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,395 incident reports from years 2010 - 2018 most fires (9.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.5%) in August.
Out of all 63,785 cases reported during the years 2010 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.7%), Good Intent Call (11.4%), and Service Call (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Deerfield Beach, FL
• 44,44369.7%Rescue & EMS
• 7,24911.4%Good Intent Call
• 5,4358.5%Service Call
• 3,0734.8%False Alarm
• 2,1623.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,3952.2%Fire
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (39.0%), and Structure Fires (35.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Deerfield Beach, FL
• 54439.0%Outside Fires
• 49935.8%Structure Fires
• 33323.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 191.4%Other