Lake Charles: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Lake Charles, LA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Charles, LA
- 2,15931.1%Rescue & EMS
- 1,76325.4%Hazardous Condition
- 1,32919.2%Fire
- 87512.6%False Alarm
- 4526.5%Good Intent Call
- 3114.5%Service Call
- 260.4%Overpressure Rupture
- 90.1%Special Incident
- 70.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lake Charles, LA
- 71754.0%Outside Fires
- 34526.0%Structure Fires
- 20215.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 654.9%Other
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 78. The highest number of fires - 415 took place in 2018, and the least - 10 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Lake Charles, LA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Lake Charles: | 21.9 |
| Moss Bluff: | 61.7 |
| Sulphur: | 63.7 |
| Jennings: | 52.0 |
| Crowley: | 64.4 |
| Eunice: | 91.6 |
| Oakdale: | 115.7 |
| Rayne: | 54.3 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.The median response time in Lake Charles, LA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Lake Charles: | 8 minutes |
| Westlake: | 5 minutes |
| Moss Bluff: | 8 minutes |
| Sulphur: | 9 minutes |
| DeQuincy: | 9 minutes |
| Vinton: | 7 minutes |
| Jennings: | 9 minutes |
| Crowley: | 3 minutes |
| Eunice: | 4 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.
30.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,329 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during October, and the least (5.8%) in February.
Out of all 6,931 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (31.1%), Hazardous Condition (25.4%), and Fire (19.2%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.0%), and Structure Fires (26.0%).