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Mount Airy: 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 46. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 114 took place in 2018, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.


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

Mount Airy:	65.0
Damascus:	15.7
Urbana:	2.2
Eldersburg:	6.6
Walkersville:	74.8
Clarksburg:	18.6
Montgomery Village:	8.4
Frederick:	113.2
Germantown:	10.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 13 minutes. This is higher than the Maryland median value.


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

Mount Airy:	13 minutes
Monrovia:	8 minutes
New Market:	9 minutes
Damascus:	8 minutes
Sykesville:	10 minutes
Eldersburg:	8 minutes
New Windsor:	11 minutes
Walkersville:	8 minutes
Union Bridge:	11 minutes

34.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.3% in the evening. The most fires (20.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.1%) on Friday.
According to the 775 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during July, and the least (4.8%) in October.
Out of all 4,576 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.6%), Fire (16.9%), and Good Intent Call (13.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mount Airy, MD
• 2,59056.6%Rescue & EMS
• 77516.9%Fire
• 62813.7%Good Intent Call
• 2966.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1663.6%Service Call
• 992.2%False Alarm
• 120.3%Special Incident
• 60.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (65.8%), and Outside Fires (19.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mount Airy, MD
• 51065.8%Structure Fires
• 15119.5%Outside Fires
• 658.4%Other
• 496.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires