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Orono: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 32. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 63 took place in 2016, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.


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

Orono:	46.4
Old Town:	55.9
Bangor:	36.2
Brewer:	60.8
Hermon:	73.2
Ellsworth:	65.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the Maine median value.


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

Orono:	6 minutes
Old Town:	7 minutes
Bangor:	6 minutes
Brewer:	6 minutes
Ellsworth:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Maine value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Orono:	17.5
Old Town:	14.4
Bangor:	5.1
Brewer:	1.4
Ellsworth:	10.2

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.3%) on Monday.
According to the 515 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in August.
Out of all 6,184 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.5%), False Alarm (12.5%), and Hazardous Condition (11.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Orono, ME
• 3,55357.5%Rescue & EMS
• 77312.5%False Alarm
• 70511.4%Hazardous Condition
• 5158.3%Fire
• 3155.1%Good Intent Call
• 2944.8%Service Call
• 220.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (67.0%), and Outside Fires (22.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Orono, ME
• 34567.0%Structure Fires
• 11722.7%Outside Fires
• 479.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 61.2%Other