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Stoneham: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 78. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 163 took place in 2016, and the least - 21 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.


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

Stoneham:	58.2
Wakefield:	21.3
Melrose:	6.6
Woburn:	52.0
Winchester:	12.9
Reading:	29.9
Malden:	22.3
Medford:	41.3
Saugus:	48.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Stoneham:	3 minutes
Wakefield:	2 minutes
Woburn:	4 minutes
Winchester:	4 minutes
Reading:	4 minutes
Malden:	3 minutes
Medford:	3 minutes
Saugus:	5 minutes
Lynnfield:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 48 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Stoneham:	3.8
Wakefield:	5.8
Woburn:	14.5
Winchester:	24.3
Reading:	5.2
Malden:	7.3
Medford:	8.0
Saugus:	11.2
Lynnfield:	2.5

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,329 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.7%) took place during January, and the least (7.1%) in August.
Out of all 21,762 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.1%), Hazardous Condition (23.7%), and Special Incident (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Stoneham, MA
• 10,25747.1%Rescue & EMS
• 5,16423.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,7898.2%Special Incident
• 1,3296.1%Fire
• 1,2255.6%False Alarm
• 1,0744.9%Good Intent Call
• 8884.1%Service Call
• 240.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (68.5%), and Outside Fires (14.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Stoneham, MA
• 91168.5%Structure Fires
• 19114.4%Outside Fires
• 17012.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 574.3%Other