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Gatesville: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 205. The highest number of fires - 484 took place in 2011, and the least - 93 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Gatesville:	122.6
McGregor:	8.6
Fort Hood:	0.7
Killeen:	35.7
Copperas Cove:	38.1
Harker Heights:	32.6
Woodway:	19.0
Belton:	41.4
Hewitt:	17.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Gatesville:	10 minutes
Killeen:	6 minutes
Copperas Cove:	5 minutes
Harker Heights:	6 minutes
Kempner:	13 minutes
Hamilton:	12 minutes
Belton:	7 minutes
Hewitt:	7 minutes
Temple:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Gatesville, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Gatesville:	2.9
Killeen:	1.8
Copperas Cove:	1.1
Temple:	2.9
Waco:	3.1

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of injuries - 16 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 66 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Gatesville:	11.2
Killeen:	13.0
Copperas Cove:	26.7
Harker Heights:	16.6
Kempner:	4.6
Hamilton:	0.0
Belton:	9.1
Hewitt:	7.4
Temple:	23.6

23.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 3,480 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during July, and the least (4.7%) in April.
Out of all 7,697 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (45.2%), Rescue & EMS (17.3%), and Good Intent Call (14.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Gatesville, TX
• 3,48045.2%Fire
• 1,33017.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,10914.4%Good Intent Call
• 1,03513.4%Hazardous Condition
• 5647.3%Service Call
• 1111.4%False Alarm
• 360.5%Special Incident
• 240.3%Severe Weather
• 80.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (71.1%), and Structure Fires (17.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Gatesville, TX
• 2,47571.1%Outside Fires
• 60017.2%Structure Fires
• 3329.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 732.1%Other