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Wills Point: 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 78. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 285 took place in 2006, and the least - 8 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.

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


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

Wills Point:	10 minutes
Elmo:	11 minutes
Canton:	10 minutes
Quinlan:	12 minutes
Terrell:	9 minutes
Grand Saline:	8 minutes
Emory:	8 minutes
Kaufman:	10 minutes
Lone Oak:	13 minutes

26.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,320 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during January, and the least (3.6%) in May.
Out of all 2,146 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (61.5%), Rescue & EMS (13.7%), and Good Intent Call (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wills Point, TX
• 1,32061.5%Fire
• 29513.7%Rescue & EMS
• 26912.5%Good Intent Call
• 1205.6%Hazardous Condition
• 864.0%Service Call
• 452.1%False Alarm
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (62.8%), and Structure Fires (25.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wills Point, TX
• 82962.8%Outside Fires
• 34225.9%Structure Fires
• 977.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 523.9%Other