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New Market: 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 fire incidents per year is 49. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 111 took place in 2006, and the least - 28 in 2010. The data has a declining 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 New Market, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

New Market:	9 minutes
Monrovia:	8 minutes
Mount Airy:	13 minutes
Walkersville:	8 minutes
Frederick:	7 minutes
Damascus:	8 minutes
Union Bridge:	11 minutes
Jefferson:	9 minutes
Germantown:	6 minutes

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (19.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 831 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in May.
Out of all 3,622 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (29.5%), Fire (22.9%), and Good Intent Call (18.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in New Market, MD
• 1,06829.5%Rescue & EMS
• 83122.9%Fire
• 65118.0%Good Intent Call
• 41611.5%Hazardous Condition
• 40211.1%Service Call
• 1915.3%False Alarm
• 300.8%Special Incident
• 170.5%Overpressure Rupture
• 160.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.1%), and Outside Fires (27.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in New Market, MD
• 40849.1%Structure Fires
• 23227.9%Outside Fires
• 10412.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 8710.5%Other