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Poteet: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 81. The highest number of reported fires - 168 took place in 2008, and the least - 7 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Texas median value.


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

Poteet:	10 minutes
Pleasanton:	8 minutes
Jourdanton:	5 minutes
Von Ormy:	5 minutes
Natalia:	10 minutes
Devine:	12 minutes
Floresville:	12 minutes
Castroville:	10 minutes
San Antonio:	5 minutes

21.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 78.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,301 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during January, and the least (5.6%) in May.
Out of all 2,259 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (57.6%), Hazardous Condition (14.4%), and Service Call (10.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Poteet, TX
• 1,30157.6%Fire
• 32514.4%Hazardous Condition
• 24610.9%Service Call
• 1928.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1114.9%Good Intent Call
• 662.9%False Alarm
• 110.5%Special Incident
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (61.0%), and Structure Fires (25.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Poteet, TX
• 79461.0%Outside Fires
• 33625.8%Structure Fires
• 866.6%Other
• 856.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires