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Lake Butler: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 44. The highest number of fire incidents - 109 took place in 2011, and the least - 1 in 2007. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Lake Butler:	8 minutes
Starke:	7 minutes
Lawtey:	9 minutes
Alachua:	10 minutes
Sanderson:	11 minutes
High Springs:	9 minutes
Lake City:	8 minutes
Macclenny:	6 minutes
Fort White:	10 minutes

22.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 77.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 574 fire incident reports from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (15.7%) took place during January, and the least (3.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,287 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (44.6%), Overpressure Rupture (24.3%), and Rescue & EMS (16.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Butler, FL
• 57444.6%Fire
• 31324.3%Rescue & EMS
• 21716.9%Hazardous Condition
• 13310.3%Good Intent Call
• 251.9%Service Call
• 201.6%False Alarm
• 30.2%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (58.9%), and Structure Fires (26.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Butler, FL
• 33858.9%Outside Fires
• 15026.1%Structure Fires
• 7112.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 152.6%Other