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Clear Spring: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 51. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 91 took place in 2009, and the least - 25 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the Maryland median value.


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

Clear Spring:	12 minutes
Williamsport:	8 minutes
Hagerstown:	5 minutes
Hancock:	11 minutes
Sharpsburg:	9 minutes
Boonsboro:	10 minutes
Smithsburg:	10 minutes
Myersville:	10 minutes

37.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 863 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during February, and the least (5.1%) in August.
Out of all 3,096 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (27.9%), Rescue & EMS (25.9%), and Hazardous Condition (17.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clear Spring, MD
• 86327.9%Fire
• 80225.9%Rescue & EMS
• 55017.8%Hazardous Condition
• 48515.7%Good Intent Call
• 2628.5%Service Call
• 1043.4%False Alarm
• 210.7%Severe Weather
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.6%), and Outside Fires (29.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clear Spring, MD
• 44551.6%Structure Fires
• 25629.7%Outside Fires
• 14216.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 202.3%Other