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Halifax: 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 29. The highest number of reported fires - 77 took place in 2008, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Halifax, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Halifax:	35.5
East Bridgewater:	25.9
Pembroke:	3.6
Bridgewater:	125.4
Kingston:	82.3
Whitman:	19.8
Middleborough:	34.8
West Bridgewater:	57.4
Hanover:	38.7

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.
28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.3%) on Friday.
According to the 496 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in October.
Out of all 7,305 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.8%), Hazardous Condition (13.2%), and Service Call (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Halifax, MA
• 4,22257.8%Rescue & EMS
• 96213.2%Hazardous Condition
• 86811.9%Service Call
• 4966.8%Fire
• 4616.3%False Alarm
• 2353.2%Good Intent Call
• 470.6%Severe Weather
• 130.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.6%), and Outside Fires (36.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Halifax, MA
• 25651.6%Structure Fires
• 18336.9%Outside Fires
• 469.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 112.2%Other