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Beltsville: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 60. The highest number of reported fires - 147 took place in 2010, and the least - 4 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Beltsville:	17.5
College Park:	2.5
Greenbelt:	3.5
Adelphi:	1.1
Burtonsville:	30.0
Laurel:	61.4
Colesville:	14.3
Lanham:	14.1
Hyattsville:	52.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Beltsville:	6 minutes
Laurel:	7 minutes
Lanham:	7 minutes
Chillum:	6 minutes
Hyattsville:	5 minutes
Silver Spring:	5 minutes
Takoma Park:	5 minutes
Bladensburg:	5 minutes
Landover:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 6 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 74 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Maryland value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Beltsville:	10.0
Laurel:	14.5
Lanham:	14.8
Chillum:	10.6
Hyattsville:	2.4
Silver Spring:	26.6
Takoma Park:	18.1
Bladensburg:	16.8
Landover:	7.1

31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Sunday.
Based on the 901 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during April, and the least (6.4%) in September.
Out of all 6,221 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.1%), Hazardous Condition (15.2%), and Fire (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Beltsville, MD
• 2,86946.1%Rescue & EMS
• 94515.2%Hazardous Condition
• 90114.5%Fire
• 72311.6%Good Intent Call
• 5108.2%False Alarm
• 2574.1%Service Call
• 100.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.0%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (25.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Beltsville, MD
• 40545.0%Structure Fires
• 23125.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 14516.1%Other
• 12013.3%Outside Fires