Takoma Park: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)
Where are fire incidents reported in Takoma Park, MD
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2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Takoma Park, MD
- 5,44157.0%Rescue & EMS
- 1,30613.7%Hazardous Condition
- 1,17712.3%Good Intent Call
- 5766.0%Service Call
- 5525.8%Fire
- 4704.9%False Alarm
- 180.2%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Takoma Park, MD
- 24143.7%Structure Fires
- 17030.8%Outside Fires
- 10719.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 346.2%Other
According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 37. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 67 took place in 2007, and the least - 7 in 2015. The data has an increasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Takoma Park, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Takoma Park: | 14.0 |
| Silver Spring: | 44.6 |
| Adelphi: | 1.1 |
| Hyattsville: | 52.8 |
| Mount Rainier: | 8.9 |
| College Park: | 2.5 |
| Bladensburg: | 3.5 |
| Bethesda: | 13.1 |
| Beltsville: | 17.5 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Maryland median value.The median response time in Takoma Park, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Takoma Park: | 5 minutes |
| Chillum: | 6 minutes |
| Silver Spring: | 5 minutes |
| Hyattsville: | 5 minutes |
| Washington: | 4 minutes |
| Bladensburg: | 5 minutes |
| Wheaton: | 5 minutes |
| Bethesda: | 5 minutes |
| Beltsville: | 6 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 17. This indicator was the highest - 86 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Maryland value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Takoma Park, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Takoma Park: | 18.1 |
| Chillum: | 10.6 |
| Silver Spring: | 26.6 |
| Hyattsville: | 2.4 |
| Washington: | 1.1 |
| Bladensburg: | 16.8 |
| Wheaton: | 22.9 |
| Bethesda: | 15.4 |
| Beltsville: | 10.0 |
33.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 552 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during June, and the least (6.5%) in October.
Out of all 9,552 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.0%), Hazardous Condition (13.7%), and Good Intent Call (12.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.7%), and Outside Fires (30.8%).