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Hobe Sound: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

2005 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of fires - 86 took place in 2006, and the least - 2 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Hobe Sound, FL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Hobe Sound:	18.7
Port Salerno:	1.0
Tequesta:	21.0
Stuart:	46.7
Palm City:	21.5
Jupiter:	3.0
Jensen Beach:	27.0
Palm Beach Gardens:	2.0
North Palm Beach:	17.1

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
25.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (9.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 472 incident reports from years 2005 - 2017 most fires (11.7%) took place during July, and the least (4.4%) in September.
Out of all 6,897 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.9%), Service Call (7.3%), and Fire (6.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hobe Sound, FL
• 4,89170.9%Rescue & EMS
• 5017.3%Service Call
• 4726.8%Fire
• 4456.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3755.4%Good Intent Call
• 2043.0%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (62.7%), and Structure Fires (20.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hobe Sound, FL
• 29662.7%Outside Fires
• 9620.3%Structure Fires
• 7916.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 10.2%Other