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Walkersville: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 57. The highest number of reported fires - 100 took place in 2005, and the least - 34 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Walkersville:	74.8
Frederick:	113.2
Thurmont:	164.6
Urbana:	2.2
Mount Airy:	65.0
Taneytown:	88.4
Damascus:	15.7
Clarksburg:	18.6
Brunswick:	57.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is similar to the Maryland median value.


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

Walkersville:	8 minutes
Frederick:	7 minutes
New Market:	9 minutes
Monrovia:	8 minutes
Thurmont:	11 minutes
Union Bridge:	11 minutes
Middletown:	9 minutes
Myersville:	10 minutes
Mount Airy:	13 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 29 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Maryland value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Walkersville:	5.1
Frederick:	1.6
New Market:	2.4
Monrovia:	3.1
Thurmont:	1.3
Union Bridge:	0.0
Middletown:	1.0
Myersville:	0.0
Mount Airy:	0.0

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 977 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during December, and the least (5.2%) in November.
Out of all 3,556 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (27.5%), Rescue & EMS (24.9%), and Good Intent Call (21.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Walkersville, MD
• 97727.5%Fire
• 88524.9%Rescue & EMS
• 76921.6%Good Intent Call
• 40611.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2958.3%Service Call
• 1885.3%False Alarm
• 270.8%Special Incident
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (61.3%), and Outside Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Walkersville, MD
• 59961.3%Structure Fires
• 26727.3%Outside Fires
• 687.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 434.4%Other