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Middletown: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 63. The highest number of reported fires - 99 took place in 2006, and the least - 30 in 2011. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Middletown:	9 minutes
Myersville:	10 minutes
Jefferson:	9 minutes
Frederick:	7 minutes
Boonsboro:	10 minutes
Brunswick:	9 minutes
Walkersville:	8 minutes
Sharpsburg:	9 minutes
Thurmont:	11 minutes

35.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.4%) on Monday.
According to the 1,005 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in May.
Out of all 3,834 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (26.2%), Rescue & EMS (24.3%), and Good Intent Call (20.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Middletown, MD
• 1,00526.2%Fire
• 93124.3%Rescue & EMS
• 78420.4%Good Intent Call
• 49312.9%Hazardous Condition
• 3769.8%Service Call
• 1945.1%False Alarm
• 381.0%Special Incident
• 90.2%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (61.1%), and Outside Fires (23.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Middletown, MD
• 61461.1%Structure Fires
• 23723.6%Outside Fires
• 979.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 575.7%Other