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Covington: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 180. The highest number of fires - 368 took place in 2011, and the least - 7 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


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

Covington:	252.3
Mandeville:	120.4
Lacombe:	89.9
Ponchatoula:	170.4
Hammond:	135.4
Slidell:	101.5
Bogalusa:	122.1
Metairie:	15.6
Kenner:	25.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Louisiana median value.


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

Covington:	6 minutes
Madisonville:	7 minutes
Mandeville:	6 minutes
Folsom:	7 minutes
Lacombe:	7 minutes
Ponchatoula:	6 minutes
Hammond:	6 minutes
Pearl River:	8 minutes
Tickfaw:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Covington, LA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Covington:	2.3
Mandeville:	0.7
Hammond:	1.4
Slidell:	1.8
Bogalusa:	2.2
Metairie:	2.3
Kenner:	1.7
New Orleans:	1.9
Marrero:	0.3

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 5 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the Louisiana value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Covington:	8.8
Madisonville:	0.0
Mandeville:	7.5
Folsom:	0.0
Lacombe:	1.5
Ponchatoula:	2.8
Hammond:	10.0
Pearl River:	3.2
Tickfaw:	12.6

27.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 3,056 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during January, and the least (5.8%) in September.
Out of all 31,190 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.2%), Service Call (10.9%), and Fire (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Covington, LA
• 18,14658.2%Rescue & EMS
• 3,39710.9%Service Call
• 3,0569.8%Fire
• 2,3817.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,9516.3%False Alarm
• 1,8856.0%Hazardous Condition
• 3041.0%Special Incident
• 350.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 350.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (57.4%), and Structure Fires (26.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Covington, LA
• 1,75557.4%Outside Fires
• 81326.6%Structure Fires
• 42914.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 591.9%Other