West Melbourne: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)
Where are fire incidents reported in West Melbourne, FL
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Melbourne, FL
- 12,09576.8%Rescue & EMS
- 1,0696.8%Service Call
- 7905.0%Good Intent Call
- 7054.5%Fire
- 6534.1%False Alarm
- 3782.4%Hazardous Condition
- 380.2%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Melbourne, FL
- 37252.8%Outside Fires
- 18726.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 12718.0%Structure Fires
- 192.7%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 44. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 85 took place in 2016, and the least - 13 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Melbourne, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| West Melbourne: | 38.0 |
| Melbourne: | 26.1 |
| Palm Bay: | 33.4 |
| Indian Harbour Beach: | 12.8 |
| Satellite Beach: | 27.5 |
| South Patrick Shores: | 4.5 |
| Micco: | 28.0 |
| Rockledge: | 25.2 |
| Cocoa Beach: | 12.0 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Florida median value.The median response time in West Melbourne, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| West Melbourne: | 7 minutes |
| Melbourne: | 5 minutes |
| Palm Bay: | 7 minutes |
| Malabar: | 6 minutes |
| Satellite Beach: | 5 minutes |
| Rockledge: | 5 minutes |
| Merritt Island: | 7 minutes |
| Cocoa: | 6 minutes |
| Cape Canaveral: | 4 minutes |
Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 42 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2003. 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 lower.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in West Melbourne, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| West Melbourne: | 7.1 |
| Melbourne: | 19.4 |
| Palm Bay: | 11.5 |
| Malabar: | 1.8 |
| Satellite Beach: | 14.8 |
| Rockledge: | 18.6 |
| Merritt Island: | 10.1 |
| Cocoa: | 6.0 |
| Cape Canaveral: | 4.9 |
28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 705 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 15,742 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (76.8%), Service Call (6.8%), and Good Intent Call (5.0%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (52.8%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (26.5%).