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Sturbridge: 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 54. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 87 took place in 2016, and the least - 37 in 2006. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is much higher than the state median value.


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

Sturbridge:	9 minutes
Southbridge:	4 minutes
Charlton:	8 minutes
Dudley:	9 minutes
Oxford:	8 minutes
Webster:	8 minutes
Spencer:	7 minutes
Leicester:	5 minutes
Monson:	7 minutes

Based on the reports 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 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 48 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Sturbridge:	12.0
Southbridge:	33.5
Charlton:	12.7
Dudley:	21.4
Oxford:	26.0
Webster:	9.1
Spencer:	18.1
Leicester:	11.9
Monson:	4.6

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 920 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in October.
Out of all 9,371 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.7%), Hazardous Condition (12.5%), and Service Call (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sturbridge, MA
• 4,56048.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,17412.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,17412.5%Service Call
• 1,04811.2%False Alarm
• 9209.8%Fire
• 4244.5%Good Intent Call
• 360.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 290.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.5%), and Outside Fires (34.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sturbridge, MA
• 37340.5%Structure Fires
• 31434.1%Outside Fires
• 17819.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 556.0%Other