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Plymouth: 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 fires per year is 224. The highest number of fires - 300 took place in 2002, and the least - 176 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Plymouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Plymouth:	294.0
Kingston:	82.3
Carver:	4.9
Halifax:	35.5
Pembroke:	3.6
Middleborough:	34.8
Wareham:	46.6
East Bridgewater:	25.9
Rochester:	13.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Plymouth:	5 minutes
Kingston:	6 minutes
Duxbury:	4 minutes
Marshfield:	4 minutes
Hanson:	5 minutes
Middleborough:	5 minutes
Wareham:	6 minutes
Onset:	3 minutes
East Bridgewater:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Plymouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Plymouth:	3.9
Brockton:	3.3
Taunton:	3.0
Weymouth:	0.5
Randolph:	1.6
New Bedford:	2.2
Stoughton:	0.3

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 5. The highest number of casualties - 15 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 2 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 25. This indicator was the highest - 61 in 2013, and the lowest 8 in 2016. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Plymouth:	24.5
Kingston:	8.6
Duxbury:	6.5
Marshfield:	13.5
Hanson:	4.0
Middleborough:	7.5
Wareham:	25.5
Onset:	28.4
East Bridgewater:	17.7

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 3,802 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during May, and the least (5.2%) in October.
Out of all 50,827 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.5%), False Alarm (12.1%), and Hazardous Condition (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Plymouth, MA
• 26,66352.5%Rescue & EMS
• 6,12812.1%False Alarm
• 5,64011.1%Hazardous Condition
• 4,3368.5%Service Call
• 4,0958.1%Good Intent Call
• 3,8027.5%Fire
• 700.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (45.6%), and Structure Fires (36.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Plymouth, MA
• 1,73545.6%Outside Fires
• 1,38436.4%Structure Fires
• 56114.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1223.2%Other