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Fairfield: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

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 37. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 82 took place in 2002, and the least - 11 in 2009. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 16 minutes. This is much higher than the Texas median value.


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

Fairfield:	16 minutes
Teague:	10 minutes
Streetman:	15 minutes
Mexia:	7 minutes
Groesbeck:	12 minutes
Kerens:	13 minutes
Trinidad:	5 minutes
Palestine:	5 minutes
Corsicana:	5 minutes

23.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 622 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during August, and the least (3.9%) in April.
Out of all 1,664 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.4%), Hazardous Condition (23.4%), and Rescue & EMS (17.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfield, TX
• 62237.4%Fire
• 39023.4%Hazardous Condition
• 28617.2%Rescue & EMS
• 24214.5%Good Intent Call
• 784.7%Service Call
• 251.5%False Alarm
• 90.5%Special Incident
• 60.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (43.7%), and Structure Fires (38.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfield, TX
• 27243.7%Outside Fires
• 23938.4%Structure Fires
• 8413.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 274.3%Other