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Greenwood: 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 36. The highest number of fire incidents - 62 took place in 2011, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Greenwood:	10 minutes
Bridgeville:	9 minutes
Harrington:	8 minutes
Seaford:	7 minutes
Milford:	9 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Felton:	9 minutes
Laurel:	10 minutes
Magnolia:	9 minutes

34.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.7%) on Sunday.
Based on the 616 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during June, and the least (4.7%) in October.
Out of all 1,746 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.3%), Overpressure Rupture (25.5%), and Rescue & EMS (17.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Greenwood, DE
• 61635.3%Fire
• 44525.5%Rescue & EMS
• 30017.2%Hazardous Condition
• 17610.1%Service Call
• 1005.7%False Alarm
• 995.7%Good Intent Call
• 60.3%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.3%), and Outside Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Greenwood, DE
• 31651.3%Structure Fires
• 22236.0%Outside Fires
• 6310.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 152.4%Other