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Denton: 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 fire incidents per year is 319. The highest number of fire incidents - 439 took place in 2006, and the least - 173 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Denton:	24.7
Corinth:	16.5
Lake Dallas:	36.3
Highland Village:	24.0
Sanger:	95.2
Little Elm:	33.7
Flower Mound:	16.0
Lewisville:	27.2
Trophy Club:	24.9

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


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

Denton:	6 minutes
Corinth:	6 minutes
Krum:	9 minutes
Argyle:	9 minutes
Highland Village:	7 minutes
Aubrey:	9 minutes
Sanger:	11 minutes
Little Elm:	7 minutes
Flower Mound:	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 - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 3 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Texas value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

Denton:	0.9
Lewisville:	2.2
Frisco:	1.3
Grapevine:	0.6
Carrollton:	1.7
Plano:	3.0
Euless:	1.3
Bedford:	1.5
Irving:	0.7

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of casualties - 19 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 51 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Denton:	8.5
Corinth:	10.7
Krum:	0.0
Argyle:	0.0
Highland Village:	0.0
Aubrey:	1.9
Sanger:	0.0
Little Elm:	10.0
Flower Mound:	21.1

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Monday.
Based on the 5,421 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during January, and the least (6.9%) in October.
Out of all 71,024 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.4%), Service Call (9.8%), and Good Intent Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Denton, TX
• 42,87560.4%Rescue & EMS
• 6,9429.8%Service Call
• 6,8649.7%Good Intent Call
• 5,4217.6%Fire
• 4,3026.1%Hazardous Condition
• 4,2976.1%False Alarm
• 2110.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 860.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.7%), and Structure Fires (31.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Denton, TX
• 2,42244.7%Outside Fires
• 1,69731.3%Structure Fires
• 90116.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4017.4%Other