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Whitney: 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 fires per year is 64. The highest number of fires - 182 took place in 2008, and the least - 7 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Whitney:	9 minutes
Hillsboro:	7 minutes
West:	5 minutes
Rio Vista:	15 minutes
Grandview:	10 minutes
Bellmead:	5 minutes
Cleburne:	7 minutes
Waco:	4 minutes
Keene:	9 minutes

24.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.1%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,094 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.5%) took place during July, and the least (3.4%) in April.
Out of all 2,606 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.0%), Rescue & EMS (22.2%), and Hazardous Condition (21.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitney, TX
• 1,09442.0%Fire
• 57822.2%Rescue & EMS
• 56921.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1887.2%Service Call
• 1385.3%Good Intent Call
• 251.0%Severe Weather
• 80.3%False Alarm
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.7%), and Structure Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitney, TX
• 59854.7%Outside Fires
• 27525.1%Structure Fires
• 17215.7%Other
• 494.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires