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Raton: Fire Incidents, New Mexico (NM)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 66. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 118 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Raton:	163.9
Taos:	109.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the New Mexico median value.


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

Raton:	5 minutes
Trinidad:	6 minutes
Taos:	7 minutes
Alamosa:	6 minutes
Rocky Ford:	5 minutes
La Junta:	8 minutes

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.3%) on Monday.
According to the 1,115 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in October.
Out of all 3,016 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.0%), Hazardous Condition (24.0%), and Rescue & EMS (15.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Raton, NM
• 1,11537.0%Fire
• 72424.0%Hazardous Condition
• 46715.5%Rescue & EMS
• 2959.8%False Alarm
• 2618.7%Good Intent Call
• 1294.3%Service Call
• 120.4%Special Incident
• 80.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 50.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (60.1%), and Structure Fires (22.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Raton, NM
• 67060.1%Outside Fires
• 25322.7%Structure Fires
• 12010.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 726.5%Other