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Waskom: 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 32. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 118 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Waskom:	8 minutes
Shreveport:	5 minutes
Marshall:	5 minutes
Bossier City:	4 minutes
Benton:	7 minutes
Vivian:	6 minutes
Carthage:	6 minutes
Hallsville:	9 minutes
Haughton:	6 minutes

23.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 542 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during January, and the least (5.2%) in November.
Out of all 2,934 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.3%), Fire (18.5%), and Service Call (6.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Waskom, TX
• 1,82862.3%Rescue & EMS
• 54218.5%Fire
• 1756.0%Service Call
• 1284.4%Good Intent Call
• 1214.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1063.6%False Alarm
• 270.9%Severe Weather
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (68.8%), and Structure Fires (15.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Waskom, TX
• 37368.8%Outside Fires
• 8215.1%Structure Fires
• 529.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 356.5%Other