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Brunswick: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 101. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 137 took place in 2003, and the least - 35 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Brunswick:	68.8
Topsham:	38.2
Bath:	53.3
Lisbon:	33.7
Yarmouth:	36.3
Cumberland:	43.0
New Gloucester:	31.9
Lewiston:	43.4
Auburn:	50.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the Maine median value.


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

Brunswick:	4 minutes
Topsham:	6 minutes
Freeport:	8 minutes
Lewiston:	5 minutes
Auburn:	7 minutes
Portland:	4 minutes
Windham:	6 minutes
South Portland:	6 minutes
Westbrook:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 7 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 24. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Maine value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Brunswick:	22.1
Topsham:	5.4
Freeport:	4.7
Lewiston:	14.2
Auburn:	18.3
Portland:	5.2
Windham:	21.2
South Portland:	2.3
Westbrook:	35.2

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,719 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during May, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 13,452 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.2%), Hazardous Condition (17.6%), and Fire (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Brunswick, ME
• 6,47948.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,36117.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,71912.8%Fire
• 1,3009.7%False Alarm
• 7645.7%Good Intent Call
• 7025.2%Service Call
• 800.6%Special Incident
• 250.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 220.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.8%), and Outside Fires (28.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Brunswick, ME
• 96055.8%Structure Fires
• 49728.9%Outside Fires
• 19111.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 714.1%Other