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Dumas: 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 84. The highest number of reported fires - 139 took place in 2011, and the least - 22 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Dumas:	86.8
Dalhart:	89.7
Borger:	81.4
Amarillo:	49.9
Pampa:	67.2
Canyon:	87.8
Perryton:	7.6
Hereford:	93.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Dumas:	6 minutes
Fritch:	8 minutes
Dalhart:	10 minutes
Borger:	5 minutes
Amarillo:	5 minutes
Panhandle:	14 minutes
Spearman:	10 minutes
Pampa:	4 minutes
Canyon:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 40 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Dumas:	3.5
Fritch:	0.0
Dalhart:	0.0
Borger:	4.9
Amarillo:	22.2
Panhandle:	0.0
Spearman:	0.0
Pampa:	10.7
Canyon:	5.2

26.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,425 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in October.
Out of all 6,803 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (53.0%), Fire (20.9%), and Hazardous Condition (13.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dumas, TX
• 3,60653.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,42520.9%Fire
• 92913.7%Hazardous Condition
• 3895.7%Good Intent Call
• 2734.0%False Alarm
• 1532.2%Service Call
• 130.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 120.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (62.0%), and Structure Fires (20.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dumas, TX
• 88462.0%Outside Fires
• 29420.6%Structure Fires
• 20014.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 473.3%Other