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Biddeford: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 122. The highest number of fires - 178 took place in 2008, and the least - 9 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Biddeford:	59.5
Saco:	41.2
Old Orchard Beach:	26.7
Kennebunk:	88.9
Buxton:	31.5
Wells:	48.3
South Portland:	37.0
Cape Elizabeth:	25.5
Gorham:	90.1

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


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

Biddeford:	7 minutes
Saco:	7 minutes
Kennebunk:	6 minutes
Scarborough:	7 minutes
Wells:	7 minutes
South Portland:	6 minutes
Gorham:	7 minutes
Westbrook:	5 minutes
Portland:	4 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 9 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 27. This indicator was the highest - 111 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Maine value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Biddeford:	23.1
Saco:	17.0
Kennebunk:	8.6
Scarborough:	6.5
Wells:	14.2
South Portland:	2.3
Gorham:	10.8
Westbrook:	35.2
Portland:	5.2

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,944 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during May, and the least (5.9%) in October.
Out of all 24,101 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.2%), Hazardous Condition (10.4%), and Fire (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Biddeford, ME
• 16,19467.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,50410.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,9448.1%Fire
• 1,6526.9%False Alarm
• 9984.1%Service Call
• 7893.3%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (57.9%), and Outside Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Biddeford, ME
• 1,12657.9%Structure Fires
• 53927.7%Outside Fires
• 1718.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1085.6%Other