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Revere: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 382. The highest number of reported fires - 551 took place in 2006, and the least - 84 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Revere, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Revere:	68.1
Chelsea:	76.9
Everett:	27.9
Malden:	22.3
Winthrop:	37.1
Saugus:	48.2
Melrose:	6.6
Lynn:	45.3
Medford:	41.3

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


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

Revere:	3 minutes
Chelsea:	3 minutes
Everett:	2 minutes
Malden:	3 minutes
Winthrop:	3 minutes
Saugus:	5 minutes
Lynn:	4 minutes
Medford:	3 minutes
Somerville:	3 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 24 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is about the same.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Revere, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Revere:	1.4
Chelsea:	0.8
Malden:	1.7
Saugus:	0.7
Lynn:	3.2
Medford:	0.8
Somerville:	3.0
Cambridge:	0.5
Boston:	0.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Revere:	4.2
Chelsea:	10.4
Everett:	18.4
Malden:	7.3
Winthrop:	11.3
Saugus:	11.2
Lynn:	10.4
Medford:	8.0
Somerville:	16.3

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 6,497 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during May, and the least (7.1%) in February.
Out of all 63,434 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.3%), Fire (10.2%), and Service Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Revere, MA
• 38,27560.3%Rescue & EMS
• 6,49710.2%Fire
• 6,1799.7%Service Call
• 5,4278.6%False Alarm
• 3,7315.9%Hazardous Condition
• 2,8954.6%Good Intent Call
• 3500.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (71.7%), and Outside Fires (17.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Revere, MA
• 4,65871.7%Structure Fires
• 1,10417.0%Outside Fires
• 3775.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3585.5%Other