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Hurlock: 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 64. The highest number of fire incidents - 89 took place in 2004, and the least - 36 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Hurlock:	9 minutes
Preston:	11 minutes
Federalsburg:	10 minutes
Cambridge:	11 minutes
Seaford:	7 minutes
Easton:	8 minutes
Bridgeville:	9 minutes
Laurel:	10 minutes
Hebron:	9 minutes

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,089 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during April, and the least (5.7%) in October.
Out of all 2,682 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.6%), Rescue & EMS (23.7%), and Good Intent Call (17.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hurlock, MD
• 1,08940.6%Fire
• 63623.7%Rescue & EMS
• 45817.1%Good Intent Call
• 2228.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1425.3%False Alarm
• 1064.0%Service Call
• 220.8%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.1%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.8%), and Outside Fires (38.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hurlock, MD
• 51046.8%Structure Fires
• 41538.1%Outside Fires
• 11310.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 514.7%Other