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Ashland: 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 25. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 57 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Ashland, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Ashland:	30.1
Framingham:	89.7
Holliston:	5.2
Southborough:	38.6
Natick:	25.0
Medway:	42.1
Marlborough:	31.4
Wayland:	19.2
Millis:	6.3

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
27.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.9% in the evening. The most fires (20.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (9.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 432 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.2%) in February.
Out of all 7,028 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.1%), False Alarm (13.9%), and Service Call (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ashland, MA
• 4,22660.1%Rescue & EMS
• 97713.9%False Alarm
• 5057.2%Service Call
• 4816.8%Hazardous Condition
• 4326.1%Fire
• 3715.3%Good Intent Call
• 260.4%Special Incident
• 90.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (51.4%), and Outside Fires (35.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ashland, MA
• 22251.4%Structure Fires
• 15235.2%Outside Fires
• 409.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 184.2%Other