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Denison: 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 196. The highest number of fire incidents - 345 took place in 2006, and the least - 43 in 2009. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Denison:	83.7
Sherman:	49.5
Bonham:	63.3
Anna:	104.4
Melissa:	104.9
Celina:	84.7
Gainesville:	126.7

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


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

Denison:	7 minutes
Pottsboro:	8 minutes
Colbert:	8 minutes
Sherman:	6 minutes
Bells:	10 minutes
Whitewright:	11 minutes
Kingston:	8 minutes
Durant:	4 minutes
Whitesboro:	11 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Texas value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Denison:	2.7
Sherman:	2.5
Durant:	1.1
Gainesville:	1.4

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of injuries - 13 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 59 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Denison:	13.5
Pottsboro:	1.2
Colbert:	1.9
Sherman:	8.7
Bells:	1.5
Whitewright:	0.0
Kingston:	2.9
Durant:	2.2
Whitesboro:	0.9

29.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 3,329 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during July, and the least (5.3%) in May.
Out of all 25,678 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.6%), Fire (13.0%), and Hazardous Condition (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Denison, TX
• 16,32363.6%Rescue & EMS
• 3,32913.0%Fire
• 2,0958.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,8077.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,2094.7%Service Call
• 8513.3%False Alarm
• 420.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.3%), and Structure Fires (27.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Denison, TX
• 1,84155.3%Outside Fires
• 92627.8%Structure Fires
• 46714.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 952.9%Other