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Columbus: 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 57. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 136 took place in 2011, and the least - 6 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Texas median value.


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

Columbus:	9 minutes
Schulenburg:	7 minutes
Sealy:	8 minutes
Bellville:	8 minutes
La Grange:	10 minutes
Hallettsville:	11 minutes
Brenham:	5 minutes
Flatonia:	0 minutes
Brookshire:	9 minutes

27.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 967 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during September, and the least (5.9%) in March.
Out of all 1,680 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (57.6%), Hazardous Condition (14.0%), and Service Call (12.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbus, TX
• 96757.6%Fire
• 23614.0%Hazardous Condition
• 21412.7%Service Call
• 1066.3%Good Intent Call
• 915.4%Rescue & EMS
• 613.6%False Alarm
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (62.3%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (20.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbus, TX
• 60262.3%Outside Fires
• 19720.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 15415.9%Structure Fires
• 141.4%Other