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Brattleboro: Fire Incidents, Vermont (VT)

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 70. The highest number of fire incidents - 90 took place in 2004, and the least - 40 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Brattleboro, VT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Brattleboro:	62.9
Rockingham:	8.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Vermont median value.


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

Brattleboro:	5 minutes
Keene:	4 minutes
Turners Falls:	5 minutes
Greenfield:	5 minutes
Orange:	7 minutes
Athol:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 38 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Vermont value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Brattleboro, VT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Brattleboro:	6.7
Keene:	11.0
Turners Falls:	12.5
Greenfield:	15.7
Orange:	12.2
Athol:	16.3

33.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Monday.
According to the 1,189 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during April, and the least (5.8%) in August.
Out of all 15,775 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.0%), Hazardous Condition (18.4%), and Service Call (13.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Brattleboro, VT
• 6,15839.0%Rescue & EMS
• 2,90918.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2,09813.3%Service Call
• 1,76211.2%False Alarm
• 1,57710.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,1897.5%Fire
• 360.2%Severe Weather
• 240.2%Special Incident
• 220.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (68.0%), and Outside Fires (16.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Brattleboro, VT
• 80868.0%Structure Fires
• 19616.5%Outside Fires
• 13611.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 494.1%Other