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Presque Isle: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of fires - 64 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has a decreasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Presque Isle, ME compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Presque Isle:	29.7
Caribou:	48.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Presque Isle:	5 minutes
Caribou:	7 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 30. This indicator was the highest - 100 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Maine value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Presque Isle, ME compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Presque Isle:	31.9
Caribou:	7.3

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (10.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 564 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during May, and the least (6.0%) in February.
Out of all 3,534 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (45.3%), Fire (16.0%), and Hazardous Condition (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Presque Isle, ME
• 1,60045.3%Rescue & EMS
• 56416.0%Fire
• 44112.5%Hazardous Condition
• 36710.4%False Alarm
• 35710.1%Good Intent Call
• 1765.0%Service Call
• 240.7%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.4%), and Outside Fires (23.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Presque Isle, ME
• 29051.4%Structure Fires
• 13423.8%Outside Fires
• 8515.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 559.8%Other