Houston Fire Department Statistics

From January 2007- December 2007, HFD responded to 46,029 fire events and 235,022 EMS events.

 

NEW REPORTS:

Fire Fatalities January - December 2007

  • There were 16 residential fire fatalities in the City of Houston in 2006.
  • Structure Types : 63% - single family, 25% - multiple family
  • Time of Day: 38% - 12am to 6am, 19% - 6am to 12pm, 25% - 12pm to 6pm, and 19% - 6pm to 12am
  • Area of The City: 19% in southwest Houston, 44% in southeast Houston, 6% in northeast Houston, and 31% in northwest Houston.
  • Race: 28% African-American, 33% White, 39% Hispanic.
Fire Event Types in 2007 (percentages are rounded to the nearest whole %)
RANK
EMERGENCY TYPE
EVENTS
% TOTAL EVENTS
RESPONSES
% TOTAL RESPONSES
1
automatic alarm
19,935
43 %
20,526
 17 %
2
service call
4,784
10 %
5,484
5 %
3
structure fires -large building
3,515
8 %
34,445
29 %
4
highway vehicle fire
3,005
7 %
4,303
4 %
5
structure fires - medium building
2,598
6 %
19,925
17 %
6
dumpster / trash fire
1,986
4 %
2,124
2 %
7
gas Leak
1,853
4 %
7,086
6 %
8
outside electrical sources
1,711
4 %
1,889
2 %
9
unknown problem
1,023
2 %
1,151
1 %
EMS Event Types in 2007 (percentages are rounded to the nearest whole %)
RANK EMERGENCY TYPE EVENTS % TOTAL RESPONSES % TOTAL
1 motor vehicle incident 31,964 14 % 53,000 12 %
2 breathing problem 20,350 9 % 48,733 11 %
3 sick person 16,177 7 % 33,659 7 %
4 chest pains 15,518 7 % 38,213 8 %
5 injury / laceration 12,041 5 % 16,647 4 %
7 seizures 10,982 5 % 24,172 5 %
8 assault 10,631 5 % 14,508 3 %