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Onset: 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 37. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 62 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Onset:	3 minutes
Wareham:	6 minutes
Sandwich:	6 minutes
East Sandwich:	8 minutes
Mashpee:	7 minutes
Fairhaven:	3 minutes
Falmouth:	4 minutes
Plymouth:	5 minutes
New Bedford:	4 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 24. This indicator was the highest - 66 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Onset, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Onset:	28.4
Wareham:	25.5
Sandwich:	18.4
East Sandwich:	29.8
Mashpee:	26.7
Fairhaven:	25.7
Falmouth:	38.8
Plymouth:	24.5
New Bedford:	21.2

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.2%) on Monday.
Based on the 634 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in October.
Out of all 8,739 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.7%), Hazardous Condition (21.7%), and Service Call (16.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Onset, MA
• 3,81743.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,89721.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,46016.7%Service Call
• 6347.3%Fire
• 4935.6%False Alarm
• 4244.9%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (60.7%), and Outside Fires (27.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Onset, MA
• 38560.7%Structure Fires
• 17227.1%Outside Fires
• 7211.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 50.8%Other