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Homosassa: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 99. The highest number of fire incidents - 165 took place in 2004, and the least - 18 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Homosassa:	9 minutes
Crystal River:	10 minutes
Lecanto:	10 minutes
Inverness:	8 minutes
Inglis:	10 minutes
Hernando:	12 minutes
Dunnellon:	10 minutes
Brooksville:	7 minutes
Spring Hill:	7 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 7 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 14. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Florida value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Homosassa:	14.8
Crystal River:	6.3
Lecanto:	13.6
Inverness:	10.5
Inglis:	0.0
Hernando:	11.5
Dunnellon:	5.2
Brooksville:	17.4
Spring Hill:	21.0

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,689 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during May, and the least (5.3%) in August.
Out of all 11,331 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.4%), Service Call (17.4%), and Good Intent Call (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Homosassa, FL
• 4,35238.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,97417.4%Service Call
• 1,77215.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,68914.9%Fire
• 1,27111.2%Hazardous Condition
• 2312.0%False Alarm
• 210.2%Severe Weather
• 170.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (53.9%), and Structure Fires (26.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Homosassa, FL
• 91153.9%Outside Fires
• 43926.0%Structure Fires
• 24114.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 985.8%Other