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Southborough: 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 35. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 57 took place in 2005, and the least - 18 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.


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

Southborough:	38.6
Marlborough:	31.4
Ashland:	30.1
Framingham:	89.7
Northborough:	77.8
Hudson:	44.1
Sudbury:	15.3
Holliston:	5.2
Stow:	22.8

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


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

Southborough:	6 minutes
Marlborough:	5 minutes
Westborough:	5 minutes
Hopkinton:	6 minutes
Framingham:	4 minutes
Northborough:	6 minutes
Hudson:	3 minutes
Sudbury:	4 minutes
Natick:	5 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 - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 16. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Southborough:	16.8
Marlborough:	21.3
Westborough:	10.5
Hopkinton:	8.7
Framingham:	8.3
Northborough:	18.2
Hudson:	34.8
Sudbury:	8.6
Natick:	8.8

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 594 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.5%) in October.
Out of all 8,567 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.5%), False Alarm (16.4%), and Hazardous Condition (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Southborough, MA
• 3,98246.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,40716.4%False Alarm
• 1,24614.5%Hazardous Condition
• 8099.4%Service Call
• 5946.9%Fire
• 4815.6%Good Intent Call
• 220.3%Special Incident
• 190.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.3%), and Outside Fires (34.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Southborough, MA
• 26945.3%Structure Fires
• 20634.7%Outside Fires
• 10117.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 183.0%Other