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Aberdeen: 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 113. The highest number of fires - 131 took place in 2013, and the least - 70 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Aberdeen:	77.1
Havre de Grace:	40.0
Edgewood:	55.4
Bel Air:	159.8
Fallston:	44.7
White Marsh:	31.9
Perry Hall:	2.6
Middle River:	43.3
Elkton:	115.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Aberdeen:	7 minutes
Havre de Grace:	1 minutes
Perryville:	9 minutes
Port Deposit:	11 minutes
Darlington:	10 minutes
Edgewood:	6 minutes
Bel Air:	7 minutes
North East:	10 minutes
Rising Sun:	9 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 9. This indicator was the highest - 34 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Aberdeen:	8.3
Havre de Grace:	1.5
Perryville:	14.7
Port Deposit:	1.5
Darlington:	0.0
Edgewood:	5.8
Bel Air:	8.4
North East:	2.3
Rising Sun:	16.6

34.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,919 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in September.
Out of all 24,322 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.3%), Good Intent Call (11.3%), and Hazardous Condition (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Aberdeen, MD
• 16,12766.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,75811.3%Good Intent Call
• 2,0568.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,9197.9%Fire
• 1,0574.3%False Alarm
• 3781.6%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (47.8%), and Outside Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Aberdeen, MD
• 91847.8%Structure Fires
• 64833.8%Outside Fires
• 28915.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 643.3%Other