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Mineral Wells: 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 fire incidents per year is 167. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 260 took place in 2006, and the least - 91 in 2015. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Mineral Wells:	101.5
Weatherford:	133.4
Granbury:	357.9
Azle:	122.9
Bridgeport:	103.1
Graham:	46.3
Briar:	20.6
White Settlement:	45.4
Eagle Mountain:	3.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Mineral Wells:	7 minutes
Millsap:	12 minutes
Weatherford:	9 minutes
Willow Park:	5 minutes
Springtown:	9 minutes
Aledo:	9 minutes
Tolar:	11 minutes
Granbury:	12 minutes
Azle:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2004, 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 - 8 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Texas value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

Mineral Wells:	1.1
Weatherford:	0.6
Springtown:	0.3
Granbury:	0.0
Azle:	0.7
Stephenville:	0.0
Fort Worth:	1.9
Haltom City:	1.4
Burleson:	0.8

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 5. The highest number of injuries - 14 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 29. This indicator was the highest - 93 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2018. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Mineral Wells:	27.8
Millsap:	0.0
Weatherford:	1.7
Willow Park:	1.3
Springtown:	0.3
Aledo:	0.0
Tolar:	2.2
Granbury:	0.7
Azle:	2.7

25.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.4%) on Friday.
Based on the 2,841 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.0%) took place during January, and the least (5.9%) in November.
Out of all 17,014 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.9%), Fire (16.7%), and Service Call (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mineral Wells, TX
• 9,85057.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2,84116.7%Fire
• 1,4848.7%Service Call
• 1,4078.3%Hazardous Condition
• 8535.0%Good Intent Call
• 5203.1%False Alarm
• 320.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (59.0%), and Structure Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mineral Wells, TX
• 1,67759.0%Outside Fires
• 71425.1%Structure Fires
• 34712.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1033.6%Other