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Roswell: Fire Incidents, New Mexico (NM)

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

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 346. The highest number of fires - 507 took place in 2006, and the least - 87 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Roswell, NM compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Roswell:	80.2
Artesia:	126.7
Ruidoso:	53.3
Carlsbad:	79.2
Lovington:	71.5
Portales:	111.7
Alamogordo:	39.8
Hobbs:	55.9
Clovis:	60.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Roswell:	5 minutes
Artesia:	6 minutes
Carlsbad:	5 minutes
Lovington:	7 minutes
Portales:	7 minutes
Alamogordo:	5 minutes
Hobbs:	5 minutes
Eunice:	11 minutes
Clovis:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 15 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Roswell, NM compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Roswell:	3.1
Carlsbad:	4.4
Hobbs:	1.3
Clovis:	2.1

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Roswell, NM compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Roswell:	1.7
Artesia:	1.2
Carlsbad:	1.6
Lovington:	3.2
Portales:	1.4
Alamogordo:	4.9
Hobbs:	3.9
Eunice:	0.0
Clovis:	4.0

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 5,184 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in October.
Out of all 9,700 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (53.4%), False Alarm (17.2%), and Hazardous Condition (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Roswell, NM
• 5,18453.4%Fire
• 1,67317.2%False Alarm
• 1,51215.6%Hazardous Condition
• 5625.8%Good Intent Call
• 5185.3%Service Call
• 1481.5%Rescue & EMS
• 580.6%Special Incident
• 310.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 140.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (57.8%), and Structure Fires (19.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Roswell, NM
• 2,99757.8%Outside Fires
• 1,03119.9%Structure Fires
• 63112.2%Other
• 52510.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires