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Rockwall: 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 112. The highest number of fires - 204 took place in 2006, and the least - 22 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Rockwall:	23.0
Fate:	35.2
Heath:	31.3
Rowlett:	17.9
Wylie:	21.6
Royse City:	121.2
Sachse:	16.6
Garland:	25.0
Sunnyvale:	56.1

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


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

Rockwall:	5 minutes
Fate:	8 minutes
Rowlett:	6 minutes
Wylie:	6 minutes
Royse City:	10 minutes
Sachse:	6 minutes
Garland:	5 minutes
Forney:	6 minutes
Mesquite:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 5. This indicator was the highest - 45 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Rockwall:	2.2
Fate:	0.0
Rowlett:	14.3
Wylie:	16.0
Royse City:	0.7
Sachse:	15.9
Garland:	5.4
Forney:	0.6
Mesquite:	12.0

25.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Monday.
According to the 1,791 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during January, and the least (5.5%) in May.
Out of all 9,254 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (25.3%), Hazardous Condition (21.2%), and Fire (19.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockwall, TX
• 2,34225.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,96221.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,79119.4%Fire
• 1,32414.3%False Alarm
• 1,07511.6%Service Call
• 7347.9%Good Intent Call
• 120.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.8%), and Structure Fires (33.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockwall, TX
• 76742.8%Outside Fires
• 59933.4%Structure Fires
• 31217.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1136.3%Other