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Erath: 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 fires per year is 33. The highest number of reported fires - 56 took place in 2008, and the least - 13 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Louisiana median value.


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

Erath:	9 minutes
Abbeville:	5 minutes
Youngsville:	7 minutes
Broussard:	7 minutes
New Iberia:	4 minutes
Kaplan:	6 minutes
Lafayette:	5 minutes
Scott:	9 minutes
Duson:	8 minutes

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 556 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during October, and the least (4.3%) in May.
Out of all 2,022 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (45.5%), Fire (27.5%), and Good Intent Call (13.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Erath, LA
• 92045.5%Rescue & EMS
• 55627.5%Fire
• 26513.1%Good Intent Call
• 1708.4%Hazardous Condition
• 904.5%False Alarm
• 180.9%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.2%), and Structure Fires (39.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Erath, LA
• 24043.2%Outside Fires
• 21939.4%Structure Fires
• 529.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 458.1%Other