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Dunkirk: 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 fires per year is 65. The highest number of reported fires - 201 took place in 2006, and the least - 6 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Dunkirk:	7 minutes
Huntingtown:	7 minutes
Upper Marlboro:	9 minutes
Brandywine:	10 minutes
Prince Frederick:	6 minutes
Clinton:	7 minutes
Waldorf:	6 minutes
Hughesville:	7 minutes
Largo:	7 minutes

33.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,104 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during February, and the least (6.1%) in October.
Out of all 5,598 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.6%), Good Intent Call (23.7%), and Fire (19.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dunkirk, MD
• 2,27240.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,32523.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,10419.7%Fire
• 58010.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2274.1%Service Call
• 721.3%False Alarm
• 80.1%Special Incident
• 60.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Other (47.8%), and Structure Fires (27.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dunkirk, MD
• 52847.8%Other
• 29827.0%Structure Fires
• 21419.4%Outside Fires
• 645.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires