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Whitesboro: Fire Incidents, Texas (TX)

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 63. The highest number of fires - 164 took place in 2005, and the least - 6 in 2015. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Whitesboro:	11 minutes
Gainesville:	7 minutes
Pottsboro:	8 minutes
Thackerville:	10 minutes
Sherman:	6 minutes
Pilot Point:	8 minutes
Valley View:	12 minutes
Denison:	7 minutes
Marietta:	10 minutes

24.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.1%) on Friday.
According to the 1,068 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.0%) in May.
Out of all 1,840 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (58.0%), Rescue & EMS (18.0%), and Overpressure Rupture (14.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitesboro, TX
• 1,06858.0%Fire
• 33218.0%Hazardous Condition
• 26414.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1357.3%Good Intent Call
• 211.1%Service Call
• 140.8%False Alarm
• 30.2%Severe Weather
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (60.5%), and Structure Fires (24.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitesboro, TX
• 64660.5%Outside Fires
• 25924.3%Structure Fires
• 878.1%Other
• 767.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires