South Yarmouth: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)
Where are fire incidents reported in South Yarmouth, MA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Yarmouth, MA
- 10,12172.3%Rescue & EMS
- 9977.1%False Alarm
- 9656.9%Hazardous Condition
- 7225.2%Fire
- 5844.2%Good Intent Call
- 5644.0%Service Call
- 220.2%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Yarmouth, MA
- 30241.8%Structure Fires
- 26036.0%Outside Fires
- 8812.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 7210.0%Other
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 87 took place in 2004, and the least - 2 in 2010. The data has a rising trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Yarmouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| South Yarmouth: | 34.9 |
| Yarmouth: | 2.4 |
| West Yarmouth: | 31.6 |
| Yarmouth Port: | 16.3 |
| Harwich: | 42.2 |
| Mashpee: | 34.7 |
| East Falmouth: | 53.5 |
| Wareham: | 46.6 |
| Nantucket: | 62.2 |
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 South Yarmouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| South Yarmouth: | 5 minutes |
| Harwich: | 6 minutes |
| Brewster: | 8 minutes |
| East Sandwich: | 8 minutes |
| Orleans: | 7 minutes |
| Mashpee: | 7 minutes |
| Eastham: | 7 minutes |
| Sandwich: | 6 minutes |
| Falmouth: | 4 minutes |
Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 6 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 35. This indicator was the highest - 240 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.
30.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.9%) on Monday.
According to the 722 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during June, and the least (6.1%) in November.
Out of all 13,999 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (72.3%), False Alarm (7.1%), and Hazardous Condition (6.9%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.8%), and Outside Fires (36.0%).