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Prince Frederick: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 91. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 195 took place in 2006, and the least - 25 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Prince Frederick:	6 minutes
Huntingtown:	7 minutes
Hughesville:	7 minutes
Mechanicsville:	10 minutes
Charlotte Hall:	10 minutes
Dunkirk:	7 minutes
Lusby:	8 minutes
Solomons:	9 minutes
Brandywine:	10 minutes

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.7%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,548 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in September.
Out of all 13,330 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Good Intent Call (34.9%), Rescue & EMS (27.3%), and Hazardous Condition (18.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Prince Frederick, MD
• 4,65534.9%Good Intent Call
• 3,64127.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,40118.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,54811.6%Fire
• 5944.5%Service Call
• 4583.4%False Alarm
• 210.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.6%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Prince Frederick, MD
• 76849.6%Structure Fires
• 53134.3%Outside Fires
• 1439.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1066.8%Other