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West Boylston: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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 23. The highest number of fire incidents - 47 took place in 2016, and the least - 4 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Boylston, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
West Boylston:	39.6
Holden:	19.8
Sterling:	32.0
Shrewsbury:	35.5
Worcester:	74.5
Clinton:	88.9
Northborough:	77.8
Lancaster:	34.3
Leicester:	33.7

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
35.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (9.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 391 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during June, and the least (5.1%) in September.
Out of all 4,837 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.6%), False Alarm (9.9%), and Fire (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Boylston, MA
• 3,02862.6%Rescue & EMS
• 4789.9%False Alarm
• 3918.1%Fire
• 3647.5%Service Call
• 3477.2%Hazardous Condition
• 2124.4%Good Intent Call
• 100.2%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (37.1%), and Outside Fires (35.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Boylston, MA
• 14537.1%Structure Fires
• 14035.8%Outside Fires
• 7719.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 297.4%Other