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Damascus: 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 34. The highest number of fires - 66 took place in 2006, and the least - 16 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Damascus:	15.7
Clarksburg:	18.6
Montgomery Village:	8.4
Germantown:	10.3
Mount Airy:	65.0
Urbana:	2.2
Gaithersburg:	21.4
Olney:	6.5
Darnestown:	20.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is about the same as the Maryland median value.


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

Damascus:	8 minutes
Germantown:	6 minutes
Mount Airy:	13 minutes
Monrovia:	8 minutes
New Market:	9 minutes
Gaithersburg:	6 minutes
Rockville:	6 minutes
Sykesville:	10 minutes
Frederick:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Damascus:	8.6
Germantown:	22.2
Mount Airy:	0.0
Monrovia:	3.1
New Market:	2.4
Gaithersburg:	25.1
Rockville:	15.7
Sykesville:	8.6
Frederick:	1.6

25.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 580 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during February, and the least (5.2%) in June.
Out of all 5,214 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.7%), Good Intent Call (11.4%), and Fire (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Damascus, MD
• 3,11459.7%Rescue & EMS
• 59411.4%Good Intent Call
• 58011.1%Fire
• 4127.9%Hazardous Condition
• 3055.8%Service Call
• 1933.7%False Alarm
• 90.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.2%), and Outside Fires (31.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Damascus, MD
• 32055.2%Structure Fires
• 18031.0%Outside Fires
• 467.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 345.9%Other