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Olney: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 24. The highest number of fires - 39 took place in 2007, and the least - 7 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Olney, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Olney:	6.5
Rockville:	18.6
Colesville:	14.3
Montgomery Village:	8.4
Burtonsville:	30.0
Gaithersburg:	21.4
North Bethesda:	2.2
Scaggsville:	0.4
Germantown:	10.3

Based on the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (19.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 361 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during April, and the least (4.2%) in October.
Out of all 9,012 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.3%), Good Intent Call (9.8%), and Hazardous Condition (8.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Olney, MD
• 6,06567.3%Rescue & EMS
• 8819.8%Good Intent Call
• 7548.4%Hazardous Condition
• 5175.7%Service Call
• 4144.6%False Alarm
• 3614.0%Fire
• 110.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.2%), and Structure Fires (38.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Olney, MD
• 15643.2%Outside Fires
• 13838.2%Structure Fires
• 4111.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 267.2%Other