Falmouth: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Falmouth, MA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Falmouth, MA
- 8,19775.2%Rescue & EMS
- 1,0099.3%False Alarm
- 5164.7%Fire
- 4133.8%Good Intent Call
- 3773.5%Service Call
- 3212.9%Hazardous Condition
- 490.4%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Falmouth, MA
- 24747.9%Structure Fires
- 14528.1%Outside Fires
- 9618.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 285.4%Other
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 30. The highest number of fire incidents - 57 took place in 2002, and the least - 8 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is about the same as the Massachusetts median value.The median response time in Falmouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Falmouth: | 4 minutes |
| Mashpee: | 7 minutes |
| Onset: | 3 minutes |
| Wareham: | 6 minutes |
| Fairhaven: | 3 minutes |
| Sandwich: | 6 minutes |
| East Sandwich: | 8 minutes |
| New Bedford: | 4 minutes |
| Dartmouth: | 6 minutes |
Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 43. This indicator was the highest - 158 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Falmouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Falmouth: | 38.8 |
| Mashpee: | 26.7 |
| Onset: | 28.4 |
| Wareham: | 25.5 |
| Fairhaven: | 25.7 |
| Sandwich: | 18.4 |
| East Sandwich: | 29.8 |
| New Bedford: | 21.2 |
| Dartmouth: | 5.9 |
34.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.1% in the evening. The most fires (18.8%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 516 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during May, and the least (3.5%) in December.
Out of all 10,898 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (75.2%), False Alarm (9.3%), and Fire (4.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (47.9%), and Outside Fires (28.1%).