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Vinton: 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 45. The highest number of fires - 149 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the Louisiana median value.


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

Vinton:	7 minutes
Sulphur:	9 minutes
Westlake:	5 minutes
DeQuincy:	9 minutes
Lake Charles:	8 minutes
Moss Bluff:	8 minutes
Jennings:	9 minutes

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.5%) on Saturday.
According to the 765 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during October, and the least (6.0%) in December.
Out of all 2,443 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (31.3%), Hazardous Condition (29.9%), and Rescue & EMS (18.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Vinton, LA
• 76531.3%Fire
• 73129.9%Hazardous Condition
• 45618.7%Rescue & EMS
• 26210.7%Good Intent Call
• 1727.0%False Alarm
• 421.7%Service Call
• 100.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.2%), and Structure Fires (28.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Vinton, LA
• 37649.2%Outside Fires
• 22128.9%Structure Fires
• 12916.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 395.1%Other