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Plano: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 401. The highest number of fires - 529 took place in 2006, and the least - 132 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Plano:	14.4
Allen:	14.0
Richardson:	18.0
Frisco:	17.9
Addison:	50.9
The Colony:	16.8
Murphy:	16.6
Colony:	0.2
Carrollton:	24.4

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 Plano, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Plano:	5 minutes
Allen:	6 minutes
Richardson:	5 minutes
Frisco:	5 minutes
Addison:	5 minutes
The Colony:	5 minutes
Carrollton:	5 minutes
Lucas:	9 minutes
Sachse:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is higher.


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

Plano:	3.0
Richardson:	1.5
Frisco:	1.3
Carrollton:	1.7
Garland:	2.2
McKinney:	2.8
Lewisville:	2.2
Dallas:	1.5
Irving:	0.7

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 4. The highest number of casualties - 9 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 1 in 2016. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2010, and the lowest 3 in 2016. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Plano:	11.1
Allen:	7.1
Richardson:	24.9
Frisco:	14.0
Addison:	4.6
The Colony:	7.1
Carrollton:	14.1
Lucas:	1.3
Sachse:	15.9

28.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.1% in the evening. The most fires (14.9%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.6%) on Tuesday.
According to the 6,422 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during July, and the least (6.4%) in September.
Out of all 118,718 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.5%), Good Intent Call (13.2%), and Service Call (8.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Plano, TX
• 68,30857.5%Rescue & EMS
• 15,72313.2%Good Intent Call
• 10,1548.6%Service Call
• 9,6938.2%Hazardous Condition
• 8,1886.9%False Alarm
• 6,4225.4%Fire
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.0%), and Structure Fires (39.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Plano, TX
• 2,56740.0%Outside Fires
• 2,52139.3%Structure Fires
• 1,21218.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1221.9%Other