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Katy: 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 372. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 586 took place in 2011, and the least - 214 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Katy:	260.2
Richmond:	151.4
Rosenberg:	59.4
Jersey Village:	29.9
Meadows Place:	2.9
Sugar Land:	18.3
Stafford:	75.0
Sealy:	140.0
Missouri City:	28.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Texas median value.


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

Katy:	8 minutes
Brookshire:	9 minutes
Fulshear:	9 minutes
Richmond:	6 minutes
Rosenberg:	6 minutes
Sugar Land:	6 minutes
Waller:	10 minutes
Stafford:	7 minutes
Sealy:	8 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 7 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Katy:	3.3
Richmond:	1.7
Rosenberg:	0.6
Sugar Land:	3.2
Missouri City:	1.5
Tomball:	3.3
Houston:	1.6
Magnolia:	1.4
Spring:	1.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 5. The highest number of reported casualties - 21 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 1 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 46 in 2014, and the lowest 2 in 2008. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Katy:	12.8
Brookshire:	1.6
Fulshear:	0.0
Richmond:	6.1
Rosenberg:	10.6
Sugar Land:	6.4
Waller:	0.0
Stafford:	6.0
Sealy:	3.5

29.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Monday.
According to the 6,331 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during July, and the least (7.1%) in November.
Out of all 60,846 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.9%), Good Intent Call (11.5%), and Fire (10.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Katy, TX
• 34,61756.9%Rescue & EMS
• 6,98511.5%Good Intent Call
• 6,33110.4%Fire
• 5,5089.1%Hazardous Condition
• 5,1068.4%False Alarm
• 2,0413.4%Service Call
• 970.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 910.1%Severe Weather
• 700.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.5%), and Structure Fires (35.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Katy, TX
• 2,69142.5%Outside Fires
• 2,22435.1%Structure Fires
• 1,02916.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3876.1%Other