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Duson: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 76. The highest number of fires - 154 took place in 2011, and the least - 2 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Louisiana median value.


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

Duson:	8 minutes
Rayne:	6 minutes
Scott:	9 minutes
Lafayette:	5 minutes
Carencro:	8 minutes
Crowley:	3 minutes
Church Point:	7 minutes
Broussard:	7 minutes
Youngsville:	7 minutes

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,292 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during October, and the least (5.2%) in April.
Out of all 2,997 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (43.1%), Hazardous Condition (19.4%), and Good Intent Call (14.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Duson, LA
• 1,29243.1%Fire
• 58219.4%Hazardous Condition
• 44314.8%Good Intent Call
• 44214.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1284.3%False Alarm
• 832.8%Service Call
• 110.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 90.3%Severe Weather
• 70.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.9%), and Structure Fires (38.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Duson, LA
• 60646.9%Outside Fires
• 49838.5%Structure Fires
• 14811.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 403.1%Other