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Damage Report · South Florida, Florida · October 2026

Fort Lauderdale Fire & Water Damage Report: October 2026

South Florida (Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade counties) recorded 1,095 damage incidents in October 2026. The month averaged 35 incidents per day and peaked on October 26 with 60 incidents. Compared with September 2026 total of 862 incidents this is an increase of 27 percent.

At a glance

  • 1,095Damage incidents tracked in October 2026
  • ~35/dayAverage daily incident volume
  • 496Structure fires
  • 54%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates

Incidents by type

Structure firesStructure fires: 496496Residential firesResidential fires: 439439Commercial firesCommercial fires: 142142Flood & water damageFlood & water damage: 1818
Verified incidents by type, South Florida, October 2026.

Incidents by property type

Single-family homesSingle-family homes: 370370MultifamilyMultifamily: 123123CondosCondos: 110110Apartments (5+ units)Apartments (5+ units): 6464RetailRetail: 6363InstitutionalInstitutional: 3939Other commercialOther commercial: 3737Other residentialOther residential: 3232WarehousesWarehouses: 3131TownhousesTownhouses: 3030OtherOther: 196196
Incidents by property type, South Florida, October 2026. Property types come from assessor and building-footprint records, known for 94% of incidents. Multifamily covers 2 to 4 unit buildings plus multifamily buildings whose unit count is not on record; Other includes properties not yet classified.

Estimated damage severity

Low damage: 500 incidents (46%)46%Medium damage: 372 incidents (34%)34%High damage: 223 incidents (20%)20%
Low · 500 incidentsMedium · 372 incidentsHigh · 223 incidents
Estimated damage severity split, South Florida, October 2026.

Busiest cities

Ft LauderdaleFt Lauderdale: 124124MiamiMiami: 118118HollywoodHollywood: 7070Palm Beach CountyPalm Beach County: 6464Pompano BeachPompano Beach: 5151Fort LauderdaleFort Lauderdale: 3939
Incidents by city, top 6, October 2026.

Peak day: October 26 (60 incidents). Counties covered: Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade.

What stood out

  • October 26 produced 60 incidents in South Florida, the busiest single day among 31 days and 1.7 times the daily average of 35 incidents.
  • Structure fires totaled 496 incidents across South Florida with 439 residential fires and 142 commercial fires, contributing to the 595 medium or high damage estimates.
  • Miami, Hollywood, and Palm Beach County combined for 252 incidents while Ft Lauderdale reported 124 and Miami reported 118, concentrating work across the three counties.

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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the South Florida throughout October 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.

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