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Greensboro: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 41. The highest number of fires - 75 took place in 2006, and the least - 25 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Greensboro:	8 minutes
Ridgely:	9 minutes
Denton:	10 minutes
Felton:	9 minutes
Harrington:	8 minutes
Centreville:	11 minutes
Greenwood:	10 minutes
Magnolia:	9 minutes
Preston:	11 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Greensboro, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Greensboro:	4.3
Ridgely:	2.6
Denton:	6.7
Felton:	2.5
Harrington:	0.0
Centreville:	1.0
Greenwood:	1.6
Magnolia:	9.4
Preston:	0.0

28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 696 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during February, and the least (5.5%) in October.
Out of all 2,099 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.3%), Fire (33.2%), and Hazardous Condition (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Greensboro, MD
• 80438.3%Rescue & EMS
• 69633.2%Fire
• 24911.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1939.2%Good Intent Call
• 894.2%False Alarm
• 612.9%Service Call
• 40.2%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.7%), and Outside Fires (31.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Greensboro, MD
• 36752.7%Structure Fires
• 21831.3%Outside Fires
• 8812.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 233.3%Other