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Boonsboro: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 76. The highest number of fire incidents - 130 took place in 2006, and the least - 46 in 2009. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Boonsboro:	10 minutes
Myersville:	10 minutes
Sharpsburg:	9 minutes
Middletown:	9 minutes
Hagerstown:	5 minutes
Williamsport:	8 minutes
Smithsburg:	10 minutes
Jefferson:	9 minutes
Brunswick:	9 minutes

32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (18.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (9.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,285 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.2%) in September.
Out of all 4,875 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (29.6%), Fire (26.4%), and Good Intent Call (18.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Boonsboro, MD
• 1,44129.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,28526.4%Fire
• 92018.9%Good Intent Call
• 59212.1%Hazardous Condition
• 3988.2%Service Call
• 1653.4%False Alarm
• 410.8%Special Incident
• 300.6%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.6%), and Outside Fires (29.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Boonsboro, MD
• 71455.6%Structure Fires
• 37729.3%Outside Fires
• 15512.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 393.0%Other