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Clinton: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 102. The highest number of reported fires - 188 took place in 2007, and the least - 1 in 2014. The data has a rising trend.


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

Clinton:	88.9
Lancaster:	34.3
Sterling:	32.0
Hudson:	44.1
West Boylston:	39.6
Northborough:	77.8
Harvard:	36.3
Leominster:	62.0
Marlborough:	31.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Clinton:	3 minutes
Sterling:	6 minutes
Hudson:	3 minutes
Northborough:	6 minutes
Harvard:	9 minutes
Leominster:	4 minutes
Marlborough:	5 minutes
Shrewsbury:	4 minutes
Holden:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 41 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Clinton:	5.5
Sterling:	7.7
Hudson:	34.8
Northborough:	18.2
Harvard:	2.0
Leominster:	10.6
Marlborough:	21.3
Shrewsbury:	3.4
Holden:	15.1

31.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.1%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,632 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during April, and the least (5.7%) in September.
Out of all 8,312 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.4%), Fire (19.6%), and False Alarm (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clinton, MA
• 3,93747.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,63219.6%Fire
• 1,06112.8%False Alarm
• 88110.6%Hazardous Condition
• 5356.4%Service Call
• 2422.9%Good Intent Call
• 200.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.0%), and Outside Fires (22.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clinton, MA
• 88154.0%Structure Fires
• 36522.4%Outside Fires
• 32720.0%Other
• 593.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires