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Palmer: 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 34. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 63 took place in 2003, and the least - 1 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Palmer:	7 minutes
Monson:	7 minutes
Wilbraham:	6 minutes
Ludlow:	4 minutes
Ware:	6 minutes
Belchertown:	10 minutes
East Longmeadow:	5 minutes
Springfield:	3 minutes
Somers:	6 minutes

33.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 576 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.9%) took place during April, and the least (5.6%) in December.
Out of all 2,326 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (31.9%), Fire (24.8%), and Rescue & EMS (15.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palmer, MA
• 74331.9%Hazardous Condition
• 57624.8%Fire
• 36815.8%Rescue & EMS
• 32914.1%Service Call
• 1345.8%Good Intent Call
• 1205.2%False Alarm
• 492.1%Special Incident
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.4%), and Outside Fires (29.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palmer, MA
• 27948.4%Structure Fires
• 17229.9%Outside Fires
• 12321.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 20.3%Other