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Framingham: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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 483. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 648 took place in 2018, and the least - 363 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Framingham:	89.7
Ashland:	30.1
Natick:	25.0
Wayland:	19.2
Southborough:	38.6
Sudbury:	15.3
Wellesley:	18.2
Marlborough:	31.4
Holliston:	5.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Framingham:	4 minutes
Natick:	5 minutes
Wayland:	3 minutes
Southborough:	6 minutes
Sudbury:	4 minutes
Hopkinton:	6 minutes
Wellesley:	4 minutes
Marlborough:	5 minutes
Weston:	4 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a declining trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 3 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is much lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Framingham, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Framingham:	0.5
Waltham:	2.7
Newton:	1.6
Brookline:	0.7
Cambridge:	0.5
Boston:	0.6
Somerville:	3.0
Milton:	3.3
Medford:	0.8

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of casualties - 9 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 1 in 2018. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2006, and the lowest 2 in 2018. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Framingham:	8.3
Natick:	8.8
Wayland:	11.6
Southborough:	16.8
Sudbury:	8.6
Hopkinton:	8.7
Wellesley:	9.1
Marlborough:	21.3
Weston:	12.5

28.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 8,214 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during May, and the least (7.1%) in February.
Out of all 70,418 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.3%), Fire (11.7%), and False Alarm (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Framingham, MA
• 39,64456.3%Rescue & EMS
• 8,21411.7%Fire
• 7,86211.2%False Alarm
• 5,9448.4%Service Call
• 5,2907.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3,3984.8%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (75.4%), and Outside Fires (17.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Framingham, MA
• 6,19575.4%Structure Fires
• 1,46817.9%Outside Fires
• 5396.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 120.1%Other