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Overton: 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 fires per year is 43. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 75 took place in 2018, and the least - 24 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.

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 Overton, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Overton:	6 minutes
Arp:	8 minutes
Kilgore:	8 minutes
Troup:	10 minutes
Henderson:	7 minutes
Gladewater:	7 minutes
Winona:	15 minutes
White Oak:	6 minutes
Tyler:	6 minutes

23.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.8%) on Saturday.
According to the 724 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during January, and the least (5.2%) in October.
Out of all 1,749 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.4%), Hazardous Condition (22.8%), and Rescue & EMS (17.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Overton, TX
• 72441.4%Fire
• 39822.8%Hazardous Condition
• 30817.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1729.8%Good Intent Call
• 734.2%Service Call
• 372.1%False Alarm
• 181.0%Severe Weather
• 140.8%Overpressure Rupture
• 50.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (66.7%), and Structure Fires (25.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Overton, TX
• 48366.7%Outside Fires
• 18625.7%Structure Fires
• 466.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 91.2%Other