Mercedes: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)
Where are fire incidents reported in Mercedes, TX
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2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mercedes, TX
- 2,24551.1%Fire
- 93221.2%Hazardous Condition
- 53712.2%Service Call
- 2856.5%Rescue & EMS
- 2405.5%False Alarm
- 1423.2%Good Intent Call
- 70.2%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mercedes, TX
- 1,50066.8%Outside Fires
- 34015.1%Structure Fires
- 31013.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 954.2%Other
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 149. The highest number of fire incidents - 287 took place in 2011, and the least - 31 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Mercedes, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Mercedes: | 51.4 |
| Weslaco: | 24.2 |
| Progreso: | 28.4 |
| La Feria: | 14.1 |
| Donna: | 2.0 |
| Elsa: | 8.3 |
| Alamo: | 70.4 |
| Harlingen: | 48.9 |
| San Juan: | 19.7 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.The median response time in Mercedes, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Mercedes: | 9 minutes |
| Weslaco: | 7 minutes |
| Elsa: | 5 minutes |
| Alamo: | 5 minutes |
| Harlingen: | 7 minutes |
| San Juan: | 5 minutes |
| Pharr: | 4 minutes |
| San Benito: | 5 minutes |
| Edinburg: | 7 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a declining trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Texas value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.
27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,245 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.9%) in September.
Out of all 4,392 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.1%), Hazardous Condition (21.2%), and Service Call (12.2%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (66.8%), and Structure Fires (15.1%).