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Refugio: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 35. The highest number of reported fires - 73 took place in 2011, and the least - 3 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

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


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

Refugio:	10 minutes
Rockport:	7 minutes
Taft:	10 minutes
Aransas Pass:	5 minutes
Portland:	5 minutes
Ingleside:	5 minutes
Bloomington:	15 minutes
Victoria:	9 minutes
Corpus Christi:	5 minutes

22.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 77.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 519 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during July, and the least (3.3%) in May.
Out of all 1,008 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.5%), Hazardous Condition (31.2%), and Rescue & EMS (8.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Refugio, TX
• 51951.5%Fire
• 31431.2%Hazardous Condition
• 878.6%Rescue & EMS
• 676.6%Good Intent Call
• 121.2%Service Call
• 40.4%Special Incident
• 30.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (66.5%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (15.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Refugio, TX
• 34566.5%Outside Fires
• 7815.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 6312.1%Structure Fires
• 336.4%Other