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West Yarmouth: 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 fire incidents per year is 20. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 39 took place in 2004, and the least - 4 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Yarmouth, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
West Yarmouth:	31.6
Yarmouth:	2.4
South Yarmouth:	34.9
Yarmouth Port:	16.3
Harwich:	42.2
Mashpee:	34.7
East Falmouth:	53.5
Wareham:	46.6
Nantucket:	62.2

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
34.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.6% in the evening. The most fires (20.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.1%) on Monday.
Based on the 343 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in December.
Out of all 10,093 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (72.6%), False Alarm (8.8%), and Hazardous Condition (6.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Yarmouth, MA
• 7,32872.6%Rescue & EMS
• 8938.8%False Alarm
• 6286.2%Hazardous Condition
• 4554.5%Service Call
• 4284.2%Good Intent Call
• 3433.4%Fire
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.9%), and Outside Fires (38.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Yarmouth, MA
• 13739.9%Structure Fires
• 13138.2%Outside Fires
• 4011.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3510.2%Other