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Old Town: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 42. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 62 took place in 2009, and the least - 12 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.


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

Old Town:	55.9
Orono:	46.4
Bangor:	36.2
Brewer:	60.8
Hermon:	73.2
Ellsworth:	65.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Maine median value.


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

Old Town:	7 minutes
Orono:	6 minutes
Bangor:	6 minutes
Brewer:	6 minutes
Ellsworth:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 54 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Maine value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Old Town:	14.4
Orono:	17.5
Bangor:	5.1
Brewer:	1.4
Ellsworth:	10.2

37.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 623 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.8%) in February.
Out of all 6,824 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.5%), Hazardous Condition (10.2%), and Fire (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Old Town, ME
• 4,74369.5%Rescue & EMS
• 69910.2%Hazardous Condition
• 6239.1%Fire
• 2844.2%Good Intent Call
• 2463.6%Service Call
• 2243.3%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (64.7%), and Outside Fires (20.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Old Town, ME
• 40364.7%Structure Fires
• 13020.9%Outside Fires
• 7812.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 121.9%Other