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Pampa: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 134. The highest number of reported fires - 193 took place in 2006, and the least - 78 in 2015. The data has a declining trend.


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

Pampa:	67.2
Borger:	81.4
Amarillo:	49.9
Perryton:	7.6
Dumas:	86.8
Canyon:	87.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the Texas median value.


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

Pampa:	4 minutes
Borger:	5 minutes
Panhandle:	14 minutes
McLean:	10 minutes
Fritch:	8 minutes
Spearman:	10 minutes
Amarillo:	5 minutes
Dumas:	6 minutes
Canyon:	9 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend.

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 8 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Texas value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Pampa:	10.7
Borger:	4.9
Panhandle:	0.0
McLean:	3.1
Fritch:	0.0
Spearman:	0.0
Amarillo:	22.2
Dumas:	3.5
Canyon:	5.2

26.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.1%) on Friday.
According to the 2,140 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in September.
Out of all 10,061 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (36.9%), Hazardous Condition (23.3%), and Fire (21.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pampa, TX
• 3,71736.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2,34423.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2,14021.3%Fire
• 1,03410.3%Service Call
• 4784.8%Good Intent Call
• 3143.1%False Alarm
• 170.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (56.3%), and Structure Fires (29.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pampa, TX
• 1,20456.3%Outside Fires
• 63529.7%Structure Fires
• 22810.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 733.4%Other