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Frankford: 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 fire incidents per year is 46. The highest number of fire incidents - 65 took place in 2002, and the least - 29 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Frankford:	8 minutes
Dagsboro:	9 minutes
Millsboro:	9 minutes
Bethany Beach:	7 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Rehoboth Beach:	6 minutes
Laurel:	10 minutes
Lewes:	8 minutes
Delmar:	9 minutes

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 779 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 2,066 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.7%), Rescue & EMS (33.5%), and Hazardous Condition (13.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Frankford, DE
• 77937.7%Fire
• 69233.5%Rescue & EMS
• 28013.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1165.6%Service Call
• 1155.6%False Alarm
• 733.5%Good Intent Call
• 70.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.1%), and Outside Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Frankford, DE
• 40652.1%Structure Fires
• 26233.6%Outside Fires
• 8110.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 303.9%Other