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Sandwich: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 67. The highest number of fire incidents - 96 took place in 2015, and the least - 35 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Sandwich:	6 minutes
East Sandwich:	8 minutes
Onset:	3 minutes
Wareham:	6 minutes
Mashpee:	7 minutes
Falmouth:	4 minutes
Plymouth:	5 minutes
South Yarmouth:	5 minutes
Kingston:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2014. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 19. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2014. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Sandwich:	18.4
East Sandwich:	29.8
Onset:	28.4
Wareham:	25.5
Mashpee:	26.7
Falmouth:	38.8
Plymouth:	24.5
South Yarmouth:	33.2
Kingston:	8.6

35.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,143 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during May, and the least (6.3%) in February.
Out of all 15,983 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.3%), Hazardous Condition (13.5%), and Service Call (8.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sandwich, MA
• 9,31558.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,15313.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4288.9%Service Call
• 1,1437.2%Fire
• 1,1217.0%False Alarm
• 6614.1%Good Intent Call
• 1360.9%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (59.7%), and Outside Fires (27.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sandwich, MA
• 68259.7%Structure Fires
• 31327.4%Outside Fires
• 13311.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 151.3%Other