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Burtonsville: 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 fires per year is 20. The highest number of reported fires - 50 took place in 2006, and the least - 2 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Burtonsville, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Burtonsville:	30.0
Scaggsville:	0.4
Laurel:	61.4
Colesville:	14.3
Beltsville:	17.5
Maryland City:	5.2
Savage:	11.8
College Park:	2.5
Greenbelt:	3.5

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
30.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.7%) on Friday.
According to the 346 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.6%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in December.
Out of all 6,686 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.9%), Good Intent Call (14.3%), and Hazardous Condition (5.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Burtonsville, MD
• 4,40465.9%Rescue & EMS
• 95914.3%Good Intent Call
• 3675.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3465.2%Fire
• 3154.7%Service Call
• 2804.2%False Alarm
• 90.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (38.4%), and Structure Fires (37.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Burtonsville, MD
• 13338.4%Outside Fires
• 13137.9%Structure Fires
• 6919.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 133.8%Other