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Castroville: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of fires - 72 took place in 2008, and the least - 26 in 2013. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Castroville:	10 minutes
Natalia:	10 minutes
Devine:	12 minutes
Von Ormy:	5 minutes
Helotes:	7 minutes
San Antonio:	5 minutes
Poteet:	10 minutes
Boerne:	11 minutes
Pearsall:	10 minutes

25.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 716 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during July, and the least (4.3%) in March.
Out of all 1,907 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.5%), Hazardous Condition (22.1%), and Rescue & EMS (14.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Castroville, TX
• 71637.5%Fire
• 42122.1%Hazardous Condition
• 28314.8%Rescue & EMS
• 22711.9%Service Call
• 1899.9%Good Intent Call
• 542.8%False Alarm
• 70.4%Special Incident
• 60.3%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (61.9%), and Structure Fires (19.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Castroville, TX
• 44361.9%Outside Fires
• 13819.3%Structure Fires
• 11315.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 223.1%Other