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Margate City: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

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 22. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 35 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Margate City, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Margate City:	34.2
Linwood:	12.3
Northfield:	31.0
Atlantic City:	61.0
Pleasantville:	46.4
Somers Point:	43.1
Ocean City:	41.3
Absecon:	17.1
Brigantine:	37.1

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
31.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 382 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during May, and the least (6.5%) in February.
Out of all 7,343 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.7%), Hazardous Condition (24.6%), and Service Call (14.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Margate City, NJ
• 3,06041.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,80324.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,04314.2%Service Call
• 73110.0%False Alarm
• 3825.2%Fire
• 2944.0%Good Intent Call
• 160.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.8%), and Outside Fires (37.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Margate City, NJ
• 17545.8%Structure Fires
• 14237.2%Outside Fires
• 379.7%Other
• 287.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires