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West: 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 fire incidents per year is 32. The highest number of fire incidents - 52 took place in 2005, and the least - 13 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

West:	5 minutes
Bellmead:	5 minutes
Hillsboro:	7 minutes
Whitney:	9 minutes
Waco:	4 minutes
Robinson:	9 minutes
Hewitt:	7 minutes
Frost:	10 minutes
Grandview:	10 minutes

29.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.8%) on Monday.
According to the 545 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during July, and the least (3.9%) in April.
Out of all 1,397 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (39.0%), Rescue & EMS (34.4%), and Service Call (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West, TX
• 54539.0%Fire
• 48134.4%Hazardous Condition
• 17212.3%Good Intent Call
• 15411.0%Rescue & EMS
• 201.4%False Alarm
• 161.1%Service Call
• 60.4%Severe Weather
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (65.3%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (18.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West, TX
• 35665.3%Outside Fires
• 10018.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7513.8%Structure Fires
• 142.6%Other