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Destin: 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 90. The highest number of fires - 137 took place in 2005, and the least - 66 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Destin:	57.7
Miramar Beach:	52.1
Valparaiso:	24.4
Eglin:	1.6
Ocean City:	7.2
Niceville:	55.8
Fort Walton Beach:	85.5
Navarre:	34.4
Crestview:	71.6

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


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

Destin:	6 minutes
Niceville:	5 minutes
Fort Walton Beach:	6 minutes
Mary Esther:	6 minutes
Freeport:	8 minutes
Navarre:	7 minutes
Crestview:	7 minutes
Milton:	8 minutes
Panama City Beach:	4 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Destin:	5.2
Niceville:	12.5
Fort Walton Beach:	9.1
Mary Esther:	3.5
Freeport:	3.1
Navarre:	8.8
Crestview:	17.8
Milton:	5.1
Panama City Beach:	3.4

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.9%) on Monday.
According to the 1,537 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during June, and the least (6.2%) in February.
Out of all 19,855 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.6%), Good Intent Call (12.2%), and False Alarm (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Destin, FL
• 10,84354.6%Rescue & EMS
• 2,42112.2%Good Intent Call
• 2,40012.1%False Alarm
• 1,6018.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,5377.7%Fire
• 1,0075.1%Service Call
• 210.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (39.3%), and Structure Fires (38.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Destin, FL
• 60439.3%Outside Fires
• 58438.0%Structure Fires
• 25916.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 905.9%Other