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Melrose: 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 23. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 45 took place in 2005, and the least - 5 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Melrose, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Melrose:	6.6
Malden:	22.3
Stoneham:	58.2
Saugus:	48.2
Wakefield:	21.3
Everett:	27.9
Medford:	41.3
Winchester:	12.9
Revere:	68.1

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 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.6%) on Friday.
According to the 397 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during January, and the least (6.8%) in November.
Out of all 588 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (67.5%), Hazardous Condition (15.3%), and Rescue & EMS (8.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Melrose, MA
• 39767.5%Fire
• 9015.3%Service Call
• 498.3%Hazardous Condition
• 345.8%Rescue & EMS
• 132.2%False Alarm
• 40.7%Good Intent Call
• 10.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (67.8%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (16.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Melrose, MA
• 26967.8%Structure Fires
• 6516.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4711.8%Outside Fires
• 164.0%Other