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Elmo: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 32. The highest number of fires - 71 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Elmo:	11 minutes
Terrell:	9 minutes
Wills Point:	10 minutes
Kaufman:	10 minutes
Quinlan:	12 minutes
Forney:	6 minutes
Crandall:	8 minutes
Scurry:	10 minutes
Fate:	8 minutes

25.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.3% in the evening. The most fires (20.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.1%) on Monday.
According to the 514 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during January, and the least (4.1%) in October.
Out of all 1,439 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (37.5%), Fire (35.7%), and Good Intent Call (14.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elmo, TX
• 54037.5%Rescue & EMS
• 51435.7%Fire
• 21114.7%Good Intent Call
• 1047.2%Service Call
• 574.0%Hazardous Condition
• 90.6%False Alarm
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (57.0%), and Structure Fires (29.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elmo, TX
• 29357.0%Outside Fires
• 15229.6%Structure Fires
• 6512.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.8%Other