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Millsboro: Fire Incidents, Delaware (DE)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 121. The highest number of fires - 179 took place in 2006, and the least - 79 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Delaware median value.


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

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

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.7%) on Sunday.
According to the 2,063 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in October.
Out of all 6,845 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.1%), Rescue & EMS (27.1%), and Hazardous Condition (17.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Millsboro, DE
• 2,06330.1%Fire
• 1,85627.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,18217.3%Hazardous Condition
• 73410.7%Good Intent Call
• 5257.7%False Alarm
• 4296.3%Service Call
• 230.3%Severe Weather
• 230.3%Special Incident
• 100.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.3%), and Outside Fires (37.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Millsboro, DE
• 85341.3%Structure Fires
• 77337.5%Outside Fires
• 27213.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1658.0%Other