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College Park: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)

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

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 15. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 56 took place in 2010, and the least - 1 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in College Park, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
College Park:	2.5
Adelphi:	1.1
Greenbelt:	3.5
Beltsville:	17.5
Hyattsville:	52.8
Bladensburg:	3.5
Lanham:	14.1
Takoma Park:	14.0
Mount Rainier:	8.9

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
43.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 56.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 227 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in December.
Out of all 4,242 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (78.9%), Good Intent Call (5.4%), and Fire (5.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in College Park, MD
• 3,34878.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2285.4%Good Intent Call
• 2275.4%Fire
• 1974.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1323.1%False Alarm
• 992.3%Service Call
• 90.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.4%), and Outside Fires (26.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in College Park, MD
• 10345.4%Structure Fires
• 5926.0%Outside Fires
• 4017.6%Other
• 2511.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires