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Hughesville: 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 fire incidents per year is 76. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 156 took place in 2003, and the least - 27 in 2015. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the Maryland median value.


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

Hughesville:	7 minutes
Charlotte Hall:	10 minutes
Mechanicsville:	10 minutes
Waldorf:	6 minutes
La Plata:	7 minutes
Prince Frederick:	6 minutes
Huntingtown:	7 minutes
Brandywine:	10 minutes
Dunkirk:	7 minutes

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.5%) on Friday.
According to the 1,295 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 3,832 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (33.8%), Rescue & EMS (19.1%), and Hazardous Condition (17.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hughesville, MD
• 1,29533.8%Fire
• 73019.1%Rescue & EMS
• 66317.3%Hazardous Condition
• 66217.3%Good Intent Call
• 2767.2%Service Call
• 1173.1%False Alarm
• 832.2%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (53.0%), and Outside Fires (32.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hughesville, MD
• 68653.0%Structure Fires
• 42332.7%Outside Fires
• 1017.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 856.6%Other