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Lake Placid: 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 fire incidents per year is 137. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 220 took place in 2009, and the least - 54 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Lake Placid:	11 minutes
Sebring:	8 minutes
Avon Park:	7 minutes
Arcadia:	7 minutes
Wauchula:	7 minutes
Frostproof:	11 minutes
Okeechobee:	9 minutes
La Belle:	7 minutes
Fort Meade:	8 minutes

25.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,336 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in September.
Out of all 5,618 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.6%), Rescue & EMS (19.7%), and Hazardous Condition (15.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Placid, FL
• 2,33641.6%Fire
• 1,10519.7%Rescue & EMS
• 85715.3%Hazardous Condition
• 63711.3%Good Intent Call
• 4227.5%Service Call
• 2203.9%False Alarm
• 320.6%Special Incident
• 80.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (59.2%), and Structure Fires (25.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Placid, FL
• 1,38459.2%Outside Fires
• 59225.3%Structure Fires
• 28012.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 803.4%Other