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Lubbock: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 669. The highest number of reported fires - 1,091 took place in 2008, and the least - 36 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.


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

Lubbock:	35.6
Slaton:	57.1
Levelland:	85.5
Brownfield:	72.7
Littlefield:	125.1
Plainview:	59.5
Lamesa:	108.8
Seminole:	2.8
Snyder:	47.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Lubbock:	5 minutes
Shallowater:	10 minutes
Slaton:	5 minutes
Levelland:	7 minutes
Brownfield:	6 minutes
Littlefield:	9 minutes
Plainview:	5 minutes
Lamesa:	6 minutes
Muleshoe:	12 minutes

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 6 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 7 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the Texas value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Lubbock:

3.2

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 8. The highest number of injuries - 20 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Lubbock:	12.3
Shallowater:	5.8
Slaton:	0.0
Levelland:	4.6
Brownfield:	1.9
Littlefield:	1.6
Plainview:	14.0
Lamesa:	5.9
Muleshoe:	0.0

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 10,047 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in October.
Out of all 111,399 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.2%), Good Intent Call (10.6%), and Fire (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lubbock, TX
• 67,10860.2%Rescue & EMS
• 11,83210.6%Good Intent Call
• 10,0479.0%Fire
• 8,3847.5%Hazardous Condition
• 7,9667.2%False Alarm
• 5,9505.3%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (50.2%), and Structure Fires (36.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lubbock, TX
• 5,04250.2%Outside Fires
• 3,65736.4%Structure Fires
• 1,30413.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 440.4%Other