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Tickfaw: 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 37. The highest number of fires - 106 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Tickfaw:	6 minutes
Independence:	6 minutes
Hammond:	6 minutes
Albany:	9 minutes
Ponchatoula:	6 minutes
Livingston:	9 minutes
Folsom:	7 minutes
Greensburg:	10 minutes
Madisonville:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 69 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Tickfaw:	12.6
Independence:	6.4
Hammond:	10.0
Albany:	3.9
Ponchatoula:	2.8
Livingston:	1.5
Folsom:	0.0
Greensburg:	2.0
Madisonville:	0.0

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.7%) on Friday.
Based on the 635 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during January, and the least (4.3%) in July.
Out of all 2,722 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.5%), Fire (23.3%), and Good Intent Call (4.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tickfaw, LA
• 1,72863.5%Rescue & EMS
• 63523.3%Fire
• 1284.7%Good Intent Call
• 1073.9%Hazardous Condition
• 853.1%False Alarm
• 351.3%Service Call
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (56.4%), and Structure Fires (29.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tickfaw, LA
• 35856.4%Outside Fires
• 18829.6%Structure Fires
• 8313.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 60.9%Other