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Potomac: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 29. The highest number of fires - 81 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2007. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Potomac, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Potomac:	9.3
North Bethesda:	2.2
Rockville:	18.6
Bethesda:	13.1
Darnestown:	20.6
Gaithersburg:	21.4
Silver Spring:	44.6
Takoma Park:	14.0
Colesville:	14.3

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
27.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 433 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during March, and the least (5.1%) in October.
Out of all 18,353 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.7%), Good Intent Call (13.0%), and False Alarm (8.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Potomac, MD
• 11,69163.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,39513.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,4678.0%False Alarm
• 1,1836.4%Service Call
• 1,1296.2%Hazardous Condition
• 4332.4%Fire
• 280.2%Special Incident
• 190.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.3%), and Outside Fires (35.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Potomac, MD
• 19645.3%Structure Fires
• 15235.1%Outside Fires
• 6013.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 255.8%Other