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Poolesville: 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 14. The highest number of fires - 25 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Poolesville, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Poolesville:	20.7
Darnestown:	20.6
Germantown:	10.3
Clarksburg:	18.6
Gaithersburg:	21.4
Montgomery Village:	8.4
Urbana:	2.2
Damascus:	15.7
Potomac:	9.3

24.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.1% in the evening. The most fires (20.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (8.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 217 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during May, and the least (4.6%) in August.
Out of all 2,176 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.3%), Hazardous Condition (12.1%), and Good Intent Call (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Poolesville, MD
• 1,29159.3%Rescue & EMS
• 26412.1%Hazardous Condition
• 24111.1%Good Intent Call
• 21710.0%Fire
• 944.3%Service Call
• 552.5%False Alarm
• 80.4%Special Incident
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.4%), and Structure Fires (36.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Poolesville, MD
• 9242.4%Outside Fires
• 7936.4%Structure Fires
• 3918.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 73.2%Other