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North East: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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 155. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 249 took place in 2008, and the least - 69 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Maryland median value.


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

North East:	10 minutes
Elkton:	11 minutes
Perryville:	9 minutes
Port Deposit:	11 minutes
Havre de Grace:	1 minutes
Rising Sun:	9 minutes
Newark:	8 minutes
Aberdeen:	7 minutes
Bear:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

North East:	2.3
Elkton:	7.9
Perryville:	14.7
Port Deposit:	1.5
Havre de Grace:	1.5
Rising Sun:	16.6
Newark:	2.2
Aberdeen:	8.3
Bear:	6.0

32.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,628 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during March, and the least (6.3%) in September.
Out of all 7,015 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.5%), Rescue & EMS (20.4%), and Good Intent Call (19.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in North East, MD
• 2,62837.5%Fire
• 1,43020.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,37419.6%Good Intent Call
• 96913.8%Hazardous Condition
• 3985.7%False Alarm
• 1842.6%Service Call
• 170.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 90.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.1%), and Outside Fires (32.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in North East, MD
• 1,36952.1%Structure Fires
• 84832.3%Outside Fires
• 31111.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1003.8%Other