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Canton: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 6. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 16 took place in 2008, and the least - 1 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (19.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (5.9%) on Monday.
Based on the 101 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (19.8%) took place during April, and the least (2.0%) in July.
Out of all 150 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (67.3%), Rescue & EMS (18.7%), and Overpressure Rupture (6.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, ME
• 10167.3%Fire
• 2818.7%Hazardous Condition
• 106.7%Rescue & EMS
• 64.0%Good Intent Call
• 42.7%Service Call
• 10.7%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (72.3%), and Outside Fires (18.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, ME
• 7372.3%Structure Fires
• 1918.8%Outside Fires
• 65.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 33.0%Other