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Miami Beach: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2009 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2009 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 21. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 166 took place in 2018, and the least - 1 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Miami Beach, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Miami Beach:	6.6
North Bay Village:	8.9
Surfside:	6.7
Miami Shores:	8.0
Bay Harbor Islands:	5.0
Miami:	21.7
North Miami:	18.8
North Miami Beach:	12.4
Key Biscayne:	49.0

38.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 61.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 214 fire incident reports from years 2009 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during January, and the least (3.3%) in September.
Out of all 25,566 cases reported during the years 2009 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.9%), False Alarm (16.8%), and Service Call (5.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Miami Beach, FL
• 18,12770.9%Rescue & EMS
• 4,29016.8%False Alarm
• 1,4365.6%Service Call
• 9393.7%Good Intent Call
• 4881.9%Hazardous Condition
• 2140.8%Fire
• 670.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (39.3%), and Structure Fires (32.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Miami Beach, FL
• 8439.3%Outside Fires
• 6932.2%Structure Fires
• 4219.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 198.9%Other