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Murchison: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of fire incidents - 72 took place in 2011, and the least - 9 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Murchison:	10 minutes
Athens:	7 minutes
Brownsboro:	9 minutes
Eustace:	10 minutes
Chandler:	10 minutes
Malakoff:	10 minutes
Van:	10 minutes
Payne Springs:	10 minutes
Canton:	10 minutes

19.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 80.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.2%) on Sunday.
Based on the 559 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.2%) took place during January, and the least (4.3%) in April.
Out of all 978 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (57.2%), Rescue & EMS (22.8%), and Good Intent Call (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Murchison, TX
• 55957.2%Fire
• 22322.8%Rescue & EMS
• 889.0%Good Intent Call
• 585.9%Hazardous Condition
• 454.6%Service Call
• 30.3%False Alarm
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 10.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (67.3%), and Structure Fires (21.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Murchison, TX
• 37667.3%Outside Fires
• 11821.1%Structure Fires
• 346.1%Other
• 315.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires