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Rockland: 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 40. The highest number of fires - 97 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Rockland:	104.8
Belfast:	52.4
Gardiner:	62.8
Augusta:	88.2

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


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

Rockland:	6 minutes
South Thomaston:	7 minutes
Augusta:	5 minutes

34.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 634 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (9.6%) took place during May, and the least (6.6%) in January.
Out of all 9,366 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (68.3%), Service Call (9.8%), and Fire (6.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockland, ME
• 6,39968.3%Rescue & EMS
• 9189.8%Service Call
• 6346.8%Fire
• 6256.7%False Alarm
• 4454.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2382.5%Good Intent Call
• 991.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (62.5%), and Outside Fires (24.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockland, ME
• 39662.5%Structure Fires
• 15624.6%Outside Fires
• 619.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.3%Other