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Harlingen: 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 fires per year is 304. The highest number of fire incidents - 580 took place in 2008, and the least - 1 in 2010. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Harlingen:	48.9
San Benito:	68.7
Lantana:	3.4
La Feria:	14.1
Mercedes:	51.4
Los Fresnos:	120.5
Progreso:	28.4
Weslaco:	24.2
Elsa:	8.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Harlingen:	7 minutes
San Benito:	5 minutes
Mercedes:	9 minutes
Los Fresnos:	8 minutes
Weslaco:	7 minutes
Elsa:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 8 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2010. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2010. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Texas value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Harlingen:	4.7
San Benito:	1.4
Mercedes:	3.6
Los Fresnos:	0.0
Weslaco:	4.0
Elsa:	0.0

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 4,862 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during January, and the least (5.4%) in September.
Out of all 22,399 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.5%), Fire (21.7%), and Hazardous Condition (18.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Harlingen, TX
• 8,85539.5%Rescue & EMS
• 4,86221.7%Fire
• 4,11018.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2,23610.0%False Alarm
• 1,3766.1%Service Call
• 9124.1%Good Intent Call
• 320.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (55.8%), and Structure Fires (24.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Harlingen, TX
• 2,71555.8%Outside Fires
• 1,17824.2%Structure Fires
• 81316.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1563.2%Other