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Frostburg: 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 fire incidents per year is 112. The highest number of fires - 188 took place in 2016, and the least - 31 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Frostburg:	186.2
Cumberland:	117.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Frostburg:	10 minutes
Cumberland:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 10. This indicator was the highest - 37 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Frostburg:	8.9
Cumberland:	16.8

35.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (9.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,907 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during November, and the least (5.8%) in July.
Out of all 7,730 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (26.1%), Fire (24.7%), and Hazardous Condition (16.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Frostburg, MD
• 2,01726.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,90724.7%Fire
• 1,25816.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,19715.5%Good Intent Call
• 88711.5%False Alarm
• 4165.4%Service Call
• 190.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 190.2%Severe Weather
• 100.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (68.2%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (15.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Frostburg, MD
• 1,30068.2%Structure Fires
• 29415.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 26213.7%Outside Fires
• 512.7%Other