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Hanson: 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 fires per year is 30. The highest number of fires - 53 took place in 2002, and the least - 2 in 2006. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Hanson:	5 minutes
Hanover:	5 minutes
Whitman:	2 minutes
Rockland:	3 minutes
East Bridgewater:	5 minutes
Norwell:	5 minutes
Abington:	4 minutes
Marshfield:	4 minutes
Bridgewater:	5 minutes

29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 506 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during April, and the least (4.5%) in November.
Out of all 10,460 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.0%), Hazardous Condition (17.4%), and Service Call (10.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hanson, MA
• 5,86256.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,81917.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,13010.8%Service Call
• 7697.4%False Alarm
• 5064.8%Fire
• 2762.6%Good Intent Call
• 480.5%Severe Weather
• 330.3%Special Incident
• 170.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.0%), and Structure Fires (38.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hanson, MA
• 24348.0%Outside Fires
• 19738.9%Structure Fires
• 479.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 193.8%Other