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Reading: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 79. The highest number of reported fires - 177 took place in 2007, and the least - 46 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Reading:	29.9
Wakefield:	21.3
Stoneham:	58.2
Woburn:	52.0
Wilmington:	23.6
North Reading:	24.2
Lynnfield:	81.9
Burlington:	36.5
Melrose:	6.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Reading:	4 minutes
Wakefield:	2 minutes
Stoneham:	3 minutes
Woburn:	4 minutes
Wilmington:	6 minutes
North Reading:	4 minutes
Lynnfield:	5 minutes
Burlington:	4 minutes
Winchester:	4 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 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Reading:	5.2
Wakefield:	5.8
Stoneham:	3.8
Woburn:	14.5
Wilmington:	10.0
North Reading:	6.7
Lynnfield:	2.5
Burlington:	7.4
Winchester:	24.3

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,337 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.9%) took place during January, and the least (6.1%) in February.
Out of all 4,009 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (33.9%), Fire (33.3%), and Rescue & EMS (18.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Reading, MA
• 1,35833.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,33733.3%Fire
• 74218.5%Rescue & EMS
• 3077.7%Good Intent Call
• 1413.5%False Alarm
• 1152.9%Service Call
• 50.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (58.2%), and Outside Fires (16.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Reading, MA
• 77858.2%Structure Fires
• 22016.5%Outside Fires
• 21015.7%Other
• 1299.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires