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Delmar: Fire Incidents, Delaware (DE)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 41. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 74 took place in 2011, and the least - 20 in 2013. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Delmar:	9 minutes
Laurel:	10 minutes
Seaford:	7 minutes
Millsboro:	9 minutes
Frankford:	8 minutes
Dagsboro:	9 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Bridgeville:	9 minutes
Greenwood:	10 minutes

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 695 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.1%) took place during March, and the least (6.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,809 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.4%), Rescue & EMS (28.9%), and Hazardous Condition (17.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Delmar, DE
• 69538.4%Fire
• 52328.9%Rescue & EMS
• 31817.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1156.4%False Alarm
• 925.1%Service Call
• 573.2%Good Intent Call
• 50.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.9%), and Outside Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Delmar, DE
• 31945.9%Structure Fires
• 23634.0%Outside Fires
• 9613.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 446.3%Other