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Ocala: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 704. The highest number of reported fires - 1,196 took place in 2006, and the least - 125 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Ocala:	141.4
The Villages:	6.6
Lady Lake:	50.0
Hernando:	43.4
Wildwood:	141.6
Citrus Springs:	7.5
Beverly Hills:	30.0
Inverness:	81.9
Leesburg:	110.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Florida median value.


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

Ocala:	8 minutes
Belleview:	8 minutes
Reddick:	11 minutes
Morriston:	14 minutes
The Villages:	5 minutes
Lady Lake:	7 minutes
Dunnellon:	10 minutes
Hernando:	12 minutes
Wildwood:	8 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 6 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the Florida value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Ocala, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Ocala:	2.8
Leesburg:	2.0
Gainesville:	1.7
Palatka:	1.1

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 4. The highest number of injuries - 9 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Ocala:	6.0
Belleview:	6.3
Reddick:	5.7
Morriston:	0.0
The Villages:	6.6
Lady Lake:	3.0
Dunnellon:	5.2
Hernando:	11.5
Wildwood:	6.6

26.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 11,258 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.0%) in August.
Out of all 172,999 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.7%), Good Intent Call (10.4%), and Hazardous Condition (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ocala, FL
• 113,70765.7%Rescue & EMS
• 17,98210.4%Good Intent Call
• 13,2897.7%Hazardous Condition
• 11,2586.5%Fire
• 9,3435.4%Service Call
• 7,0314.1%False Alarm
• 2130.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.0%), and Structure Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ocala, FL
• 5,40948.0%Outside Fires
• 3,07427.3%Structure Fires
• 2,18119.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 5945.3%Other