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Houston Fire Department

Harris County • Performance Metrics 2019 – 2025

Average Response Time

8.3 min

19.9%vs 2019

Average Scene Time

61.3 min

44.4%vs 2019

Average Clear Time

69.6 min

40.9%vs 2019

Performance Trends

Compare Houston Fire Department against county and state averages.

Response Time: Time from alarm to arrival on scene.

Calculated as the arithmetic mean of incident durations.Source: NFIRS Public Historical Dataset.

Key Insights

  • Houston Fire Department maintains a 8.3-minute average response time, compared to the Harris County average of 8.2 minutes
  • Scene time has increased by 44.4% since 2019, showing evolving operational efficiency
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Data Source and Accuracy: All data is currently sourced from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). Once the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) releases its public version, "NERIS Public," we will transition to using it. We only manipulate data when calculating averages for state and county metrics (such as clear times, scene times, and response times). In these cases, we may remove outliers to prevent a single data point from skewing the overall results. Otherwise, we report the data directly from the NFIRS public database. We will label this on each section for transparency.