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Pocomoke City: 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 40. The highest number of fires - 75 took place in 2006, and the least - 4 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Pocomoke City:	7 minutes
Princess Anne:	11 minutes
Crisfield:	9 minutes
Fruitland:	8 minutes
Salisbury:	5 minutes
Hebron:	9 minutes
Berlin:	7 minutes
Delmar:	8 minutes
Delmar:	9 minutes

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (9.8%) on Friday.
According to the 643 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during March, and the least (6.7%) in September.
Out of all 1,828 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.2%), Rescue & EMS (21.2%), and Good Intent Call (18.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pocomoke City, MD
• 64335.2%Fire
• 38821.2%Rescue & EMS
• 33718.4%Good Intent Call
• 31917.5%Hazardous Condition
• 864.7%False Alarm
• 492.7%Service Call
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.1%), and Outside Fires (28.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pocomoke City, MD
• 32250.1%Structure Fires
• 18328.5%Outside Fires
• 11217.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 264.0%Other