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Tijeras: Fire Incidents, New Mexico (NM)

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 32. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 53 took place in 2008, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Tijeras:	11 minutes
Edgewood:	12 minutes
Albuquerque:	7 minutes
Moriarty:	12 minutes
Rio Rancho:	8 minutes
Los Lunas:	10 minutes
Belen:	10 minutes
La Cienega:	15 minutes
Jarales:	11 minutes

30.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 542 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during April, and the least (5.0%) in December.
Out of all 4,061 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.7%), Fire (13.3%), and Good Intent Call (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tijeras, NM
• 2,70766.7%Rescue & EMS
• 54213.3%Fire
• 3127.7%Good Intent Call
• 2004.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1543.8%False Alarm
• 1333.3%Service Call
• 70.2%Special Incident
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (35.8%), and Structure Fires (26.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tijeras, NM
• 19435.8%Outside Fires
• 14226.2%Structure Fires
• 13725.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 6912.7%Other