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Metairie: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

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 156. The highest number of fires - 263 took place in 2014, and the least - 23 in 2009. The data has a growing trend.


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

Metairie:	15.6
Jefferson:	47.1
River Ridge:	15.3
Harahan:	3.9
Kenner:	25.8
Bridge City:	23.4
Waggaman:	26.3
Westwego:	38.6
New Orleans:	17.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Louisiana median value.


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

Metairie:	4 minutes
Jefferson:	4 minutes
Kenner:	6 minutes
Avondale:	3 minutes
Westwego:	2 minutes
New Orleans:	5 minutes
Marrero:	4 minutes
Gretna:	3 minutes
Harvey:	4 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is about the same.


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

Metairie:	2.3
Kenner:	1.7
New Orleans:	1.9
Marrero:	0.3
Mandeville:	0.7
Slidell:	1.8
Covington:	2.3
Hammond:	1.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 6 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Metairie:	9.8
Jefferson:	6.6
Kenner:	6.0
Avondale:	0.0
Westwego:	7.5
New Orleans:	3.7
Marrero:	3.4
Gretna:	4.7
Harvey:	7.9

34.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,646 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during January, and the least (6.0%) in June.
Out of all 20,584 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (25.6%), Rescue & EMS (21.8%), and Hazardous Condition (16.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Metairie, LA
• 5,27225.6%False Alarm
• 4,49221.8%Rescue & EMS
• 3,35516.3%Hazardous Condition
• 3,27115.9%Good Intent Call
• 2,64612.9%Fire
• 1,4717.1%Service Call
• 410.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 240.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (37.3%), and Outside Fires (34.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Metairie, LA
• 98837.3%Structure Fires
• 91634.6%Outside Fires
• 61023.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1325.0%Other