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Williamsport: 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 fires per year is 66. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 114 took place in 2003, and the least - 34 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is comparable to the Maryland median value.


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

Williamsport:	8 minutes
Hagerstown:	5 minutes
Clear Spring:	12 minutes
Sharpsburg:	9 minutes
Boonsboro:	10 minutes
Smithsburg:	10 minutes
Myersville:	10 minutes
Middletown:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Williamsport:	3.6
Hagerstown:	20.0
Clear Spring:	3.5
Sharpsburg:	3.0
Boonsboro:	0.8
Smithsburg:	0.9
Myersville:	0.0
Middletown:	1.0

34.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.3%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,119 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.7%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in May.
Out of all 4,276 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (26.2%), Rescue & EMS (25.5%), and Hazardous Condition (16.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Williamsport, MD
• 1,11926.2%Fire
• 1,09125.5%Rescue & EMS
• 72116.9%Hazardous Condition
• 70216.4%Good Intent Call
• 3127.3%Service Call
• 2656.2%False Alarm
• 340.8%Severe Weather
• 210.5%Special Incident
• 110.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.8%), and Outside Fires (28.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Williamsport, MD
• 59152.8%Structure Fires
• 31628.2%Outside Fires
• 18016.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 322.9%Other