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San Antonio: 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 fires per year is 2,237. The highest number of fire incidents - 4,534 took place in 2009, and the least - 129 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

San Antonio:	25.7
Alamo Heights:	27.3
Terrell Hills:	7.7
Leon Valley:	37.2
Kirby:	30.8
Windcrest:	17.5
Live Oak:	4.0
Converse:	21.2
Helotes:	33.9

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

San Antonio:	5 minutes
Converse:	6 minutes
Helotes:	7 minutes
Von Ormy:	5 minutes
Universal City:	5 minutes
Schertz:	7 minutes
Cibolo:	8 minutes
Bulverde:	9 minutes
Castroville:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 2. The highest number of deaths - 6 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 3 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.


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

San Antonio:	1.1
New Braunfels:	2.5
Seguin:	1.6
San Marcos:	1.1

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 9. The highest number of reported casualties - 33 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 2 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2002, and the lowest 1 in 2018. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

San Antonio:	4.0
Converse:	5.6
Helotes:	22.4
Von Ormy:	0.0
Universal City:	23.8
Schertz:	7.5
Cibolo:	5.2
Bulverde:	0.0
Castroville:	1.4

31.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.7%) on Tuesday.
According to the 38,028 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during January, and the least (7.0%) in November.
Out of all 719,284 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.1%), Good Intent Call (10.1%), and Service Call (6.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in San Antonio, TX
• 504,34170.1%Rescue & EMS
• 72,96610.1%Good Intent Call
• 46,4566.5%Service Call
• 38,0285.3%Fire
• 33,0624.6%False Alarm
• 22,9563.2%Hazardous Condition
• 9750.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.8%), and Structure Fires (30.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in San Antonio, TX
• 17,02344.8%Outside Fires
• 11,58930.5%Structure Fires
• 6,95118.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2,4656.5%Other