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Taft: 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 fire incidents per year is 58. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 112 took place in 2017, and the least - 37 in 2013. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Taft:	10 minutes
Portland:	5 minutes
Ingleside:	5 minutes
Corpus Christi:	5 minutes
Aransas Pass:	5 minutes
Robstown:	5 minutes
Rockport:	7 minutes
Refugio:	10 minutes
Kingsville:	4 minutes

25.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.3%) on Tuesday.
According to the 873 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during August, and the least (6.3%) in November.
Out of all 1,163 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (75.1%), Hazardous Condition (15.5%), and Good Intent Call (3.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Taft, TX
• 87375.1%Fire
• 18015.5%Hazardous Condition
• 453.9%Good Intent Call
• 433.7%Rescue & EMS
• 121.0%False Alarm
• 80.7%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (74.7%), and Structure Fires (15.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Taft, TX
• 65274.7%Outside Fires
• 13515.5%Structure Fires
• 778.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 91.0%Other