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Colorado City: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2004 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 59. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 110 took place in 2009, and the least - 32 in 2011. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Texas median value.


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

Colorado City:	6 minutes
Snyder:	9 minutes
Sweetwater:	4 minutes
Big Spring:	7 minutes
Abilene:	5 minutes
Lamesa:	6 minutes
San Angelo:	6 minutes
Ballinger:	8 minutes
Stamford:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend.
25.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 829 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2017 most fires (11.3%) took place during July, and the least (5.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,357 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (61.1%), Rescue & EMS (16.5%), and Service Call (10.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Colorado City, TX
• 82961.1%Fire
• 22416.5%Hazardous Condition
• 14310.5%Good Intent Call
• 1319.7%Service Call
• 191.4%False Alarm
• 100.7%Rescue & EMS
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (66.0%), and Structure Fires (18.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Colorado City, TX
• 54766.0%Outside Fires
• 15718.9%Structure Fires
• 9211.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 334.0%Other