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Harrington: Fire Incidents, Delaware (DE)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 40. The highest number of fire incidents - 74 took place in 2002, and the least - 14 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Harrington:	8 minutes
Felton:	9 minutes
Milford:	9 minutes
Greenwood:	10 minutes
Magnolia:	9 minutes
Bridgeville:	9 minutes
Dover:	7 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Seaford:	7 minutes

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 688 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during June, and the least (5.1%) in December.
Out of all 2,913 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (33.2%), Fire (23.6%), and Hazardous Condition (17.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Harrington, DE
• 96633.2%Rescue & EMS
• 68823.6%Fire
• 51017.5%Hazardous Condition
• 30410.4%Service Call
• 2287.8%False Alarm
• 1986.8%Good Intent Call
• 100.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.2%Special Incident
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.3%), and Outside Fires (33.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Harrington, DE
• 33949.3%Structure Fires
• 22933.3%Outside Fires
• 8912.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 314.5%Other