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Statistics
Incident Counts
| Date Range | Total Incident Count | Fire Incident Count | EMS Incident Count | Fire: 1st Arrival Reponse Time *(90th percentile) | Fire percentage less than 7:03 | EMS: 1st Arrival Reponse Time *(90th percentile) | EMS percentage less than 9:03 |
January - December 2023 |
328,186 |
8,221 |
319,965 |
10:32 |
86.36 % |
13:17 |
71.93 % |
January - December 2022 |
320,957 |
8,687 |
312,270 |
10:45 |
85.7 % |
13:11 |
72.76 % |
January - December 2021 |
315,202 |
7,019 |
308,183 |
10:29 |
86.59 % |
13:01 |
73.88 % |
January - December 2020 |
291,724 |
6,932 |
284,792 |
09:56 |
88.63 % |
12:13 |
77.17 % |
January - December 2019 |
294,427 |
6,415 |
288,012 |
10:00 |
88.37 % |
10:49 |
84.08 % |
January - December 2018 |
274,849 |
6,508 |
268,341 |
13:23 |
84.43 % |
10:14 |
87.28 % |
* METRICS
Response time is the time the call is received - the first unit arrives on scene. 90th PCTL (percentile) is the time the first arriving unit is meeting or exceeding on 90 percent of the calls.
For further explanation, the 50th/90th percentile calculations 50th percentile are obtained by taking all the durations the given KPI for each incident and stacking them slowest to fastest. The 50th percentile is the duration that is at 50th percent in the list. For example, if the durations were 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 20, 30, 31, the 5th duration in the list would be the 50th percentile - so in this example, 7 (as compared to the average which would be 12.3). To calculate the 90th percentile, the 9th duration in the list would be the 90th percentile - so in this example, 30.
Reports
Some of links listed below are .pdf files and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing. *Several reports listed are related to HFD, but not published by HFD as indicated.
- NEW (posted July 26, 2021) - FY22 HFD Strategic Plan Update
- Optimizing Placement of Emergency Vehicles for the Houston Fire Department
- HFD Risk Assessment Plan for Personal Protective Equipment (Structural Risk Assesment Plan - Non-Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting)
- HFD Risk Assessment Plan for Personal Protective Equipment (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting)
- Houston Fire Department Life Safety Bureau Performance Audit, Office of the Controller.
- Response Time and Staffing Analysis Model for the Houston Fire Department >>>
- HFD Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2016 - 2018 >>>
- HFD Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2013 - 2015 >>>
- HFD Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2011 - 2015 >>>
- HFD Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2010 - 2014 >>>
Additional Reports
- Accreditation
- ISO/PPC approval letters Class 1 (2020)
- City of Houston Fire Department Receives Top Fire Protection Rating (2019 update)
- ISO/PPC Increased from 2 to 1 (2002)
- Red Ribbon/TriData (this is a large file)
- Philosophy of Firefighting in the Houston Fire Department
- The HFD Firefighter Safety Plan
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