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Eldersburg: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 53. The highest number of reported fires - 89 took place in 2004, and the least - 5 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Eldersburg:	6.6
Reisterstown:	22.8
Randallstown:	23.4
Owings Mills:	22.2
Garrison:	1.1
Mount Airy:	65.0
Ellicott City:	18.3
Westminster:	151.0
Pikesville:	21.3

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


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

Eldersburg:	8 minutes
Sykesville:	10 minutes
Reisterstown:	6 minutes
Randallstown:	5 minutes
Owings Mills:	6 minutes
Mount Airy:	13 minutes
Ellicott City:	7 minutes
Westminster:	10 minutes
New Windsor:	11 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Maryland value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Eldersburg:	9.4
Sykesville:	8.6
Reisterstown:	1.0
Randallstown:	7.7
Owings Mills:	4.6
Mount Airy:	0.0
Ellicott City:	15.5
Westminster:	2.3
New Windsor:	0.0

26.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 847 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (6.6%) in September.
Out of all 3,922 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (36.7%), Fire (21.6%), and Hazardous Condition (19.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Eldersburg, MD
• 1,44036.7%Rescue & EMS
• 84721.6%Fire
• 74819.1%Hazardous Condition
• 39610.1%Good Intent Call
• 2947.5%False Alarm
• 1674.3%Service Call
• 170.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 100.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (50.8%), and Outside Fires (33.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Eldersburg, MD
• 43050.8%Structure Fires
• 28033.1%Outside Fires
• 8710.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 505.9%Other