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Indian Head: 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 105. The highest number of fire incidents - 149 took place in 2015, and the least - 44 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Indian Head:	6 minutes
Bryans Road:	6 minutes
Accokeek:	9 minutes
La Plata:	7 minutes
Fort Washington:	8 minutes
Waldorf:	6 minutes
Oxon Hill:	7 minutes
Brandywine:	10 minutes
Clinton:	7 minutes

31.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.1%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,789 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in September.
Out of all 6,219 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (28.8%), Good Intent Call (23.4%), and Rescue & EMS (18.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Indian Head, MD
• 1,78928.8%Fire
• 1,45623.4%Good Intent Call
• 1,15518.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,11017.8%Hazardous Condition
• 3766.0%Service Call
• 1863.0%False Alarm
• 1352.2%Severe Weather
• 90.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (67.9%), and Outside Fires (24.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Indian Head, MD
• 1,21567.9%Structure Fires
• 43324.2%Outside Fires
• 895.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 522.9%Other