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Panhandle: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 36. The highest number of reported fires - 72 took place in 2016, and the least - 4 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 14 minutes. This is much higher compared to the Texas median value.


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

Panhandle:	14 minutes
Borger:	5 minutes
Fritch:	8 minutes
Pampa:	4 minutes
Amarillo:	5 minutes
Canyon:	9 minutes
McLean:	10 minutes
Dumas:	6 minutes
Spearman:	10 minutes

37.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 538 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during February, and the least (4.6%) in April.
Out of all 687 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (78.3%), Rescue & EMS (10.2%), and Hazardous Condition (5.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Panhandle, TX
• 53878.3%Fire
• 7010.2%Rescue & EMS
• 405.8%Hazardous Condition
• 172.5%Good Intent Call
• 91.3%False Alarm
• 60.9%Service Call
• 40.6%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (68.0%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (13.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Panhandle, TX
• 36668.0%Outside Fires
• 7113.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 519.5%Other
• 509.3%Structure Fires