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Lewes: Fire Incidents, Delaware (DE)

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 66. The highest number of fire incidents - 99 took place in 2007, and the least - 47 in 2013. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Lewes:	8 minutes
Rehoboth Beach:	6 minutes
Georgetown:	9 minutes
Millsboro:	9 minutes
Dagsboro:	9 minutes
Bethany Beach:	7 minutes
Milford:	9 minutes
Frankford:	8 minutes
Greenwood:	10 minutes

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,114 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during July, and the least (5.5%) in August.
Out of all 5,439 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (25.8%), False Alarm (22.2%), and Fire (20.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lewes, DE
• 1,40525.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,20722.2%False Alarm
• 1,11420.5%Fire
• 1,05119.3%Hazardous Condition
• 3917.2%Service Call
• 2174.0%Good Intent Call
• 250.5%Severe Weather
• 180.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 110.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.5%), and Outside Fires (36.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lewes, DE
• 54048.5%Structure Fires
• 40236.1%Outside Fires
• 14513.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 272.4%Other