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Wichita Falls: 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 528. The highest number of fires - 954 took place in 2008, and the least - 53 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Wichita Falls:	49.7
Iowa Park:	141.9
Burkburnett:	73.3
Bowie:	40.1
Vernon:	115.2
Graham:	46.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Wichita Falls:	4 minutes
Iowa Park:	7 minutes
Burkburnett:	6 minutes
Walters:	9 minutes
Bowie:	6 minutes
Nocona:	9 minutes
Vernon:	7 minutes
Lawton:	4 minutes
Cache:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 4 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Texas value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

Wichita Falls:	1.1
Lawton:	0.9
Duncan:	1.8

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 6. The highest number of injuries - 16 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 10. This indicator was the highest - 35 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Wichita Falls:	10.7
Iowa Park:	1.6
Burkburnett:	9.1
Walters:	0.0
Bowie:	2.8
Nocona:	8.2
Vernon:	11.8
Lawton:	5.8
Cache:	0.0

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 8,969 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during July, and the least (6.2%) in September.
Out of all 49,021 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.3%), Fire (18.3%), and Hazardous Condition (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wichita Falls, TX
• 25,12851.3%Rescue & EMS
• 8,96918.3%Fire
• 4,5469.3%Hazardous Condition
• 4,5099.2%Good Intent Call
• 3,7997.7%Service Call
• 2,0274.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.9%), and Structure Fires (32.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wichita Falls, TX
• 4,92054.9%Outside Fires
• 2,88732.2%Structure Fires
• 1,02411.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1381.5%Other