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Baton Rouge: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

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 858. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 1,432 took place in 2012, and the least - 293 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Baton Rouge:	60.1
Port Allen:	77.8
Monticello:	1.9
Baker:	59.3
Denham Springs:	383.0
Plaquemine:	100.1
Zachary:	82.4
Prairieville:	53.8
Walker:	191.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Louisiana median value.


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

Baton Rouge:	4 minutes
Port Allen:	5 minutes
Baker:	5 minutes
Denham Springs:	7 minutes
Plaquemine:	5 minutes
Zachary:	6 minutes
Prairieville:	6 minutes
Walker:	8 minutes
Gonzales:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 7 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 5 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is similar.


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

Baton Rouge:	2.1
Denham Springs:	2.2
Hammond:	1.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 6. The highest number of reported casualties - 14 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 1 in 2013. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2015, and the lowest 1 in 2013. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Louisiana value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Baton Rouge:	6.4
Port Allen:	21.7
Baker:	9.0
Denham Springs:	15.1
Plaquemine:	3.0
Zachary:	7.7
Prairieville:	3.1
Walker:	6.4
Gonzales:	2.3

34.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 14,587 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.7%) took place during October, and the least (6.9%) in June.
Out of all 211,381 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.4%), Good Intent Call (17.7%), and Service Call (7.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Baton Rouge, LA
• 119,23856.4%Rescue & EMS
• 37,47417.7%Good Intent Call
• 16,7777.9%Service Call
• 15,2437.2%False Alarm
• 14,5876.9%Fire
• 7,6583.6%Hazardous Condition
• 2280.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.5%), and Outside Fires (29.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Baton Rouge, LA
• 6,77846.5%Structure Fires
• 4,23229.0%Outside Fires
• 3,10321.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4743.2%Other