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South Houston: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 15. The highest number of reported fires - 55 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Houston, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
South Houston:	1.1
Pasadena:	10.7
Galena Park:	17.9
Deer Park:	13.1
Jacinto City:	2.5
Pearland:	15.1
Cloverleaf:	0.6
Friendswood:	21.8
Webster:	63.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend.
34.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (9.7%) on Monday.
Based on the 247 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (12.1%) took place during August, and the least (5.7%) in April.
Out of all 633 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (42.0%), Fire (39.0%), and Rescue & EMS (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Houston, TX
• 26642.0%Hazardous Condition
• 24739.0%Fire
• 447.0%Rescue & EMS
• 314.9%False Alarm
• 304.7%Service Call
• 101.6%Good Intent Call
• 20.3%Severe Weather
• 20.3%Special Incident
• 10.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (35.2%), and Outside Fires (23.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Houston, TX
• 8735.2%Structure Fires
• 5723.1%Outside Fires
• 5321.5%Other
• 5020.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires