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Boxford: 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 33. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 54 took place in 2007, and the least - 16 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Boxford:	8 minutes
Topsfield:	4 minutes
Georgetown:	5 minutes
Middleton:	4 minutes
Rowley:	7 minutes
North Andover:	4 minutes
Hamilton:	5 minutes
Danvers:	5 minutes
Ipswich:	5 minutes

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Friday.
Based on the 569 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in September.
Out of all 5,721 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.2%), False Alarm (16.9%), and Hazardous Condition (15.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Boxford, MA
• 2,35841.2%Rescue & EMS
• 96716.9%False Alarm
• 87515.3%Hazardous Condition
• 5699.9%Fire
• 5599.8%Service Call
• 3305.8%Good Intent Call
• 400.7%Special Incident
• 120.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 110.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.3%), and Outside Fires (35.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Boxford, MA
• 26947.3%Structure Fires
• 20035.1%Outside Fires
• 9416.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 61.1%Other