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Dagsboro: Fire Incidents, Delaware (DE)

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 35. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 56 took place in 2010, and the least - 16 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Dagsboro:	9 minutes
Frankford:	8 minutes
Millsboro:	9 minutes
Bethany Beach:	7 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Rehoboth Beach:	6 minutes
Lewes:	8 minutes
Laurel:	10 minutes
Delmar:	9 minutes

25.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.8%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 591 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during April, and the least (3.6%) in October.
Out of all 1,722 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.3%), Rescue & EMS (24.7%), and Hazardous Condition (22.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dagsboro, DE
• 59134.3%Fire
• 42524.7%Rescue & EMS
• 38922.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1347.8%False Alarm
• 975.6%Service Call
• 824.8%Good Intent Call
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.4%), and Outside Fires (37.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dagsboro, DE
• 29249.4%Structure Fires
• 22237.6%Outside Fires
• 498.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 284.7%Other