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Red Oak: 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 fires per year is 121. The highest number of reported fires - 223 took place in 2011, and the least - 66 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.


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

Red Oak:	70.4
Glenn Heights:	40.3
Lancaster:	43.2
DeSoto:	30.4
Waxahachie:	49.2
Cedar Hill:	34.2
Hutchins:	76.1
Duncanville:	46.6
Midlothian:	68.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the Texas median value.


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

Red Oak:	6 minutes
Glenn Heights:	5 minutes
Lancaster:	6 minutes
DeSoto:	6 minutes
Ferris:	10 minutes
Wilmer:	6 minutes
Waxahachie:	5 minutes
Cedar Hill:	6 minutes
Hutchins:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 31 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Red Oak:	5.3
Glenn Heights:	13.0
Lancaster:	15.5
DeSoto:	15.3
Ferris:	8.9
Wilmer:	2.1
Waxahachie:	15.5
Cedar Hill:	13.7
Hutchins:	9.0

24.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,061 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during July, and the least (6.0%) in May.
Out of all 14,446 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.3%), Fire (14.3%), and Good Intent Call (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Red Oak, TX
• 7,99255.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,06114.3%Fire
• 1,4179.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,3069.0%Service Call
• 1,0367.2%Hazardous Condition
• 5914.1%False Alarm
• 180.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 160.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.3%), and Structure Fires (31.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Red Oak, TX
• 1,12054.3%Outside Fires
• 64631.3%Structure Fires
• 22911.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 663.2%Other