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Smithsburg: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 69. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 123 took place in 2016, and the least - 37 in 2015. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Smithsburg:	10 minutes
Hagerstown:	5 minutes
Thurmont:	11 minutes
Myersville:	10 minutes
Boonsboro:	10 minutes
Williamsport:	8 minutes
Emmitsburg:	10 minutes
Middletown:	9 minutes
Sharpsburg:	9 minutes

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,172 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 3,981 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (29.4%), Rescue & EMS (22.2%), and Good Intent Call (17.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Smithsburg, MD
• 1,17229.4%Fire
• 88222.2%Rescue & EMS
• 68717.3%Good Intent Call
• 64816.3%Hazardous Condition
• 42910.8%Service Call
• 1343.4%False Alarm
• 130.3%Special Incident
• 80.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (60.1%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Smithsburg, MD
• 70460.1%Structure Fires
• 36431.1%Outside Fires
• 867.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 181.5%Other