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Union Bridge: 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 53. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 79 took place in 2002, and the least - 34 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the Maryland median value.


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

Union Bridge:	11 minutes
New Windsor:	11 minutes
Taneytown:	12 minutes
Westminster:	10 minutes
Walkersville:	8 minutes
Emmitsburg:	10 minutes
Thurmont:	11 minutes
Mount Airy:	13 minutes
New Market:	9 minutes

32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 901 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.9%) took place during January, and the least (3.2%) in September.
Out of all 2,785 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.7%), Fire (32.4%), and Good Intent Call (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Union Bridge, MD
• 99435.7%Rescue & EMS
• 90132.4%Fire
• 34812.5%Good Intent Call
• 29710.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1967.0%Service Call
• 391.4%False Alarm
• 70.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.5%), and Outside Fires (26.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Union Bridge, MD
• 53659.5%Structure Fires
• 23626.2%Outside Fires
• 859.4%Other
• 444.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires