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Manchester: 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 52. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 91 took place in 2005, and the least - 17 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Maryland median value.


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

Manchester:	10 minutes
Hampstead:	10 minutes
Westminster:	10 minutes
New Windsor:	11 minutes
Reisterstown:	6 minutes
Taneytown:	12 minutes
Union Bridge:	11 minutes
Owings Mills:	6 minutes
Eldersburg:	8 minutes

26.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 884 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during January, and the least (3.3%) in September.
Out of all 4,145 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.4%), Fire (21.3%), and Good Intent Call (18.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Manchester, MD
• 1,67340.4%Rescue & EMS
• 88421.3%Fire
• 77018.6%Good Intent Call
• 44310.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2375.7%Service Call
• 1303.1%False Alarm
• 80.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.9%), and Outside Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Manchester, MD
• 45951.9%Structure Fires
• 22225.1%Outside Fires
• 12714.4%Other
• 768.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires