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Brewer: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 43. The highest number of fires - 63 took place in 2017, and the least - 26 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.


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

Brewer:	60.8
Bangor:	36.2
Hermon:	73.2
Orono:	46.4
Old Town:	55.9
Ellsworth:	65.9
Belfast:	52.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Maine median value.


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

Brewer:	6 minutes
Bangor:	6 minutes
Orono:	6 minutes
Old Town:	7 minutes
Ellsworth:	6 minutes

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (21.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (7.8%) on Sunday.
According to the 694 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during June, and the least (5.8%) in January.
Out of all 14,596 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (82.3%), Hazardous Condition (4.8%), and Fire (4.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Brewer, ME
• 12,01682.3%Rescue & EMS
• 7054.8%Hazardous Condition
• 6944.8%Fire
• 4903.4%Good Intent Call
• 4122.8%False Alarm
• 2341.6%Service Call
• 250.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.5%), and Outside Fires (24.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Brewer, ME
• 38555.5%Structure Fires
• 16824.2%Outside Fires
• 10214.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 395.6%Other