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Shepherd: 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 fires per year is 55. The highest number of fire incidents - 111 took place in 2006, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Texas median value.


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

Shepherd:	10 minutes
Coldspring:	12 minutes
Cleveland:	10 minutes
Livingston:	7 minutes
Splendora:	10 minutes
Point Blank:	14 minutes
New Waverly:	9 minutes
Willis:	9 minutes
Conroe:	7 minutes

25.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 874 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during January, and the least (5.5%) in May.
Out of all 2,279 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.4%), Hazardous Condition (27.2%), and Rescue & EMS (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Shepherd, TX
• 87438.4%Fire
• 61927.2%Hazardous Condition
• 29112.8%Rescue & EMS
• 26211.5%Service Call
• 1617.1%Good Intent Call
• 381.7%False Alarm
• 301.3%Special Incident
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (58.8%), and Structure Fires (25.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Shepherd, TX
• 51458.8%Outside Fires
• 22125.3%Structure Fires
• 11112.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 283.2%Other