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Ocean City: 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 85. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 184 took place in 2002, and the least - 2 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Ocean City:	153.8
Ocean Pines:	7.4
Salisbury:	82.1
Fruitland:	78.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Maryland median value.


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

Ocean City:	4 minutes
Berlin:	7 minutes
Bethany Beach:	7 minutes
Frankford:	8 minutes
Dagsboro:	9 minutes
Millsboro:	9 minutes
Rehoboth Beach:	6 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Lewes:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 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 2. This indicator was the highest - 21 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Ocean City:	2.8
Berlin:	4.4
Bethany Beach:	5.4
Frankford:	3.9
Dagsboro:	0.0
Millsboro:	0.0
Rehoboth Beach:	7.7
Georgetown:	0.0
Lewes:	0.0

30.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.1%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,437 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.7%) took place during July, and the least (4.0%) in October.
Out of all 27,644 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.0%), False Alarm (14.8%), and Hazardous Condition (7.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ocean City, MD
• 17,97565.0%Rescue & EMS
• 4,10014.8%False Alarm
• 1,9557.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4375.2%Fire
• 1,0934.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,0063.6%Service Call
• 370.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.5%), and Structure Fires (36.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ocean City, MD
• 68347.5%Outside Fires
• 53036.9%Structure Fires
• 15110.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 735.1%Other