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The Woodlands: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 159. The highest number of fires - 241 took place in 2011, and the least - 104 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend.


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

The Woodlands:	14.3
Tomball:	209.2
Conroe:	106.3
Spring:	113.9
Willis:	247.0
Humble:	217.5
Aldine:	1.6
Jersey Village:	29.9
Atascocita:	1.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Texas median value.


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

The Woodlands:	6 minutes
Tomball:	8 minutes
Conroe:	7 minutes
Spring:	7 minutes
Magnolia:	9 minutes
Willis:	9 minutes
Montgomery:	8 minutes
Humble:	7 minutes
Splendora:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.


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

The Woodlands:	1.1
Tomball:	3.3
Conroe:	2.9
Spring:	1.4
Magnolia:	1.4
Willis:	1.6
Montgomery:	1.5
Humble:	2.0
Cleveland:	0.9

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 7 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 19. This indicator was the highest - 39 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

The Woodlands:	19.6
Tomball:	15.8
Conroe:	7.3
Spring:	11.9
Magnolia:	4.3
Willis:	9.8
Montgomery:	7.5
Humble:	10.9
Splendora:	3.1

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 2,701 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during July, and the least (6.7%) in September.
Out of all 43,044 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.2%), Good Intent Call (16.8%), and False Alarm (10.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in The Woodlands, TX
• 24,61957.2%Rescue & EMS
• 7,25216.8%Good Intent Call
• 4,48210.4%False Alarm
• 2,7016.3%Fire
• 2,5355.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2843.0%Service Call
• 840.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 720.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.4%), and Structure Fires (37.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in The Woodlands, TX
• 1,14542.4%Outside Fires
• 1,00337.1%Structure Fires
• 37113.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1826.7%Other