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Weslaco: 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 fires per year is 183. The highest number of reported fires - 350 took place in 2008, and the least - 22 in 2016. The data has a declining trend.


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

Weslaco:	24.2
Donna:	2.0
Mercedes:	51.4
Progreso:	28.4
Alamo:	70.4
Elsa:	8.3
La Feria:	14.1
San Juan:	19.7
Pharr:	4.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Weslaco:	7 minutes
Mercedes:	9 minutes
Alamo:	5 minutes
Elsa:	5 minutes
San Juan:	5 minutes
Pharr:	4 minutes
Edinburg:	7 minutes
McAllen:	5 minutes
Harlingen:	7 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Weslaco:	4.0
Mercedes:	3.6
Alamo:	0.0
Elsa:	0.0
San Juan:	1.8
Pharr:	6.4
Edinburg:	2.2
McAllen:	18.4
Harlingen:	4.7

30.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 2,759 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during January, and the least (5.0%) in September.
Out of all 6,346 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (43.5%), Hazardous Condition (19.9%), and Rescue & EMS (17.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Weslaco, TX
• 2,75943.5%Fire
• 1,26519.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,11417.6%Rescue & EMS
• 69110.9%False Alarm
• 3345.3%Good Intent Call
• 1492.3%Service Call
• 200.3%Special Incident
• 130.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (63.6%), and Structure Fires (16.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Weslaco, TX
• 1,75663.6%Outside Fires
• 46016.7%Structure Fires
• 42715.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1164.2%Other