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Chico: 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 fires per year is 46. The highest number of reported fires - 104 took place in 2018, and the least - 8 in 2010. The data has a growing 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 Chico, TX compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Chico:	10 minutes
Bridgeport:	10 minutes
Alvord:	11 minutes
Paradise:	10 minutes
Decatur:	9 minutes
Bowie:	6 minutes
Boyd:	12 minutes
Springtown:	9 minutes
Rhome:	10 minutes

26.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Thursday.
Based on the 695 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during January, and the least (3.2%) in May.
Out of all 1,640 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.4%), Rescue & EMS (23.8%), and Hazardous Condition (15.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chico, TX
• 69542.4%Fire
• 39123.8%Rescue & EMS
• 24915.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1619.8%Good Intent Call
• 825.0%Service Call
• 352.1%Severe Weather
• 130.8%False Alarm
• 120.7%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (66.9%), and Structure Fires (18.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chico, TX
• 46566.9%Outside Fires
• 13018.7%Structure Fires
• 618.8%Other
• 395.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires