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Tamarac: 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 91. The highest number of fires - 177 took place in 2006, and the least - 20 in 2013. The data has a declining trend.


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

Tamarac:	11.5
North Lauderdale:	19.9
Lauderhill:	24.5
Margate:	17.2
Lauderdale Lakes:	22.5
Sunrise:	16.0
Coral Springs:	3.5
Plantation:	10.4
Coconut Creek:	13.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Florida median value.


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

Tamarac:	6 minutes
North Lauderdale:	5 minutes
Lauderhill:	6 minutes
Margate:	5 minutes
Lauderdale Lakes:	6 minutes
Sunrise:	6 minutes
Coral Springs:	5 minutes
Plantation:	7 minutes
Coconut Creek:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 37 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Tamarac:	7.1
North Lauderdale:	7.7
Lauderhill:	39.2
Margate:	25.8
Lauderdale Lakes:	31.3
Sunrise:	32.6
Coral Springs:	16.9
Plantation:	6.6
Coconut Creek:	23.3

32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,541 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.7%) in July.
Out of all 27,984 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.6%), Service Call (14.7%), and Good Intent Call (14.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tamarac, FL
• 14,42651.6%Rescue & EMS
• 4,12314.7%Service Call
• 4,03114.4%Good Intent Call
• 2,2308.0%False Alarm
• 1,5725.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,5415.5%Fire
• 280.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.7%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (22.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tamarac, FL
• 75048.7%Structure Fires
• 34622.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 29819.3%Outside Fires
• 1479.5%Other