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Marshfield: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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 113. The highest number of reported fires - 142 took place in 2007, and the least - 71 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is about the same as the Massachusetts median value.


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

Marshfield:	4 minutes
Duxbury:	4 minutes
Scituate:	4 minutes
Norwell:	5 minutes
Kingston:	6 minutes
Hanson:	5 minutes
Hanover:	5 minutes
Plymouth:	5 minutes
Rockland:	3 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 7 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 55 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Marshfield, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Marshfield:	13.5
Duxbury:	6.5
Scituate:	18.6
Norwell:	6.8
Kingston:	8.6
Hanson:	4.0
Hanover:	12.0
Plymouth:	24.5
Rockland:	37.3

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.8%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,921 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in October.
Out of all 23,695 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.7%), Hazardous Condition (20.3%), and Service Call (9.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Marshfield, MA
• 11,76749.7%Rescue & EMS
• 4,80020.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2,2329.4%Service Call
• 2,1038.9%False Alarm
• 1,9218.1%Fire
• 7743.3%Good Intent Call
• 440.2%Special Incident
• 340.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.0%), and Outside Fires (42.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Marshfield, MA
• 88346.0%Structure Fires
• 80642.0%Outside Fires
• 1527.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 804.2%Other