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Polk City: 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 48. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 112 took place in 2007, and the least - 4 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the Florida median value.


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

Polk City:	11 minutes
Auburndale:	6 minutes
Lake Alfred:	5 minutes
Winter Haven:	8 minutes
Lakeland:	8 minutes
Haines City:	8 minutes
Davenport:	9 minutes
Bartow:	8 minutes
Poinciana:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Polk City:	4.9
Auburndale:	5.6
Lake Alfred:	5.2
Winter Haven:	6.2
Lakeland:	17.2
Haines City:	5.3
Davenport:	4.7
Bartow:	9.0
Poinciana:	15.3

25.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 822 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during May, and the least (3.9%) in September.
Out of all 6,064 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.8%), Good Intent Call (15.3%), and Fire (13.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Polk City, FL
• 3,50357.8%Rescue & EMS
• 92515.3%Good Intent Call
• 82213.6%Fire
• 4928.1%Service Call
• 2494.1%Hazardous Condition
• 631.0%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (55.4%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (26.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Polk City, FL
• 45555.4%Outside Fires
• 21426.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 15118.4%Structure Fires
• 20.2%Other