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Mechanicsville: 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 155. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 199 took place in 2010, and the least - 94 in 2012. The data has a rising 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 Mechanicsville, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Mechanicsville:	10 minutes
Charlotte Hall:	10 minutes
Hughesville:	7 minutes
Prince Frederick:	6 minutes
Leonardtown:	8 minutes
Huntingtown:	7 minutes
La Plata:	7 minutes
Waldorf:	6 minutes
California:	6 minutes

30.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,635 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in September.
Out of all 7,996 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (33.0%), Rescue & EMS (23.5%), and Hazardous Condition (17.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mechanicsville, MD
• 2,63533.0%Fire
• 1,87823.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,37217.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,13214.2%Good Intent Call
• 4645.8%False Alarm
• 3514.4%Service Call
• 1411.8%Severe Weather
• 160.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (57.6%), and Outside Fires (29.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mechanicsville, MD
• 1,51757.6%Structure Fires
• 77229.3%Outside Fires
• 2459.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1013.8%Other