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Capitol Heights: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 12. The highest number of fire incidents - 95 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend.

31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (22.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (9.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 155 fire incident reports from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 8,742 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (85.3%), False Alarm (5.5%), and Service Call (2.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Capitol Heights, MD
• 7,45785.3%Rescue & EMS
• 4805.5%False Alarm
• 2262.6%Service Call
• 2002.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1872.1%Good Intent Call
• 1551.8%Fire
• 170.2%Special Incident
• 110.1%Severe Weather
• 90.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.5%), and Outside Fires (26.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Capitol Heights, MD
• 6944.5%Structure Fires
• 4126.5%Outside Fires
• 3522.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 106.5%Other