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Delmar: 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 38. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 59 took place in 2008, and the least - 23 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Delmar:	8 minutes
Delmar:	9 minutes
Salisbury:	5 minutes
Hebron:	9 minutes
Laurel:	10 minutes
Fruitland:	8 minutes
Seaford:	7 minutes
Millsboro:	9 minutes
Princess Anne:	11 minutes

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.0%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 640 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.7%) took place during January, and the least (4.5%) in October.
Out of all 1,983 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.1%), Fire (32.3%), and Hazardous Condition (15.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Delmar, MD
• 69735.1%Rescue & EMS
• 64032.3%Fire
• 31415.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1206.1%Service Call
• 1085.4%False Alarm
• 954.8%Good Intent Call
• 60.3%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.3%), and Outside Fires (33.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Delmar, MD
• 33552.3%Structure Fires
• 21133.0%Outside Fires
• 568.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 385.9%Other