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Oakland: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 48. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 107 took place in 2003, and the least - 10 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 14 minutes. This is higher than the Maryland median value.


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

Oakland:	14 minutes
Deer Park:	13 minutes
Frostburg:	10 minutes

37.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 770 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.5%) took place during April, and the least (5.8%) in September.
Out of all 2,751 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (28.0%), Rescue & EMS (26.3%), and Hazardous Condition (17.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Oakland, MD
• 77028.0%Fire
• 72326.3%Rescue & EMS
• 47417.2%Hazardous Condition
• 41014.9%Good Intent Call
• 1475.3%Service Call
• 1455.3%False Alarm
• 612.2%Special Incident
• 170.6%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (62.9%), and Outside Fires (20.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Oakland, MD
• 48462.9%Structure Fires
• 15620.3%Outside Fires
• 8811.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 425.5%Other