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Jal: Fire Incidents, New Mexico (NM)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 39. The highest number of fire incidents - 92 took place in 2011, and the least - 3 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 15 minutes. This is higher compared to the New Mexico median value.


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

Jal:	15 minutes
Eunice:	11 minutes
Hobbs:	5 minutes
Lovington:	7 minutes
Carlsbad:	5 minutes
Artesia:	6 minutes

28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 549 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during June, and the least (4.6%) in October.
Out of all 983 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (55.8%), Rescue & EMS (25.2%), and Overpressure Rupture (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Jal, NM
• 54955.8%Fire
• 24825.2%Rescue & EMS
• 808.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 394.0%Hazardous Condition
• 394.0%Good Intent Call
• 191.9%Service Call
• 60.6%False Alarm
• 20.2%Special Incident
• 10.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (65.4%), and Other (16.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Jal, NM
• 35965.4%Outside Fires
• 8816.0%Other
• 5810.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 448.0%Structure Fires