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Meraux: 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 24. The highest number of fires - 50 took place in 2003, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Meraux, LA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Meraux:	44.7
Chalmette:	55.9
Terrytown:	46.7
Belle Chasse:	59.7
Gretna:	38.5
New Orleans:	17.3
Harvey:	77.3
Marrero:	60.6
Westwego:	38.6

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.
25.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 405 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during February, and the least (5.4%) in April.
Out of all 2,266 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (58.3%), Fire (17.9%), and Hazardous Condition (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Meraux, LA
• 1,32258.3%Rescue & EMS
• 40517.9%Fire
• 2179.6%Service Call
• 1315.8%False Alarm
• 964.2%Good Intent Call
• 954.2%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.3%), and Structure Fires (31.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Meraux, LA
• 22054.3%Outside Fires
• 12931.9%Structure Fires
• 5413.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 20.5%Other