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Tucumcari: Fire Incidents, New Mexico (NM)

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 63. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 127 took place in 2018, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.


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

Tucumcari:	192.7
Clovis:	60.6
Portales:	111.7
Las Vegas:	85.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Tucumcari:	6 minutes
Clovis:	5 minutes
Portales:	7 minutes
Las Vegas:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Tucumcari:	2.8
Clovis:	4.0
Portales:	1.4
Las Vegas:	1.4

27.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,066 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in September.
Out of all 1,663 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (64.1%), Rescue & EMS (14.6%), and Hazardous Condition (7.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tucumcari, NM
• 1,06664.1%Fire
• 24314.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1277.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1036.2%Service Call
• 724.3%Good Intent Call
• 432.6%False Alarm
• 40.2%Severe Weather
• 30.2%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (59.1%), and Structure Fires (23.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tucumcari, NM
• 63059.1%Outside Fires
• 25123.5%Structure Fires
• 12311.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 625.8%Other