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Medfield: 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 29. The highest number of reported fires - 49 took place in 2003, and the least - 17 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Medfield, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Medfield:	29.8
Millis:	6.3
Walpole:	123.4
Norwood:	40.4
Norfolk:	60.0
Westwood:	92.1
Medway:	42.1
Holliston:	5.2
Natick:	25.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.
29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 498 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in February.
Out of all 7,048 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.9%), Hazardous Condition (23.8%), and Service Call (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Medfield, MA
• 2,88440.9%Rescue & EMS
• 1,67723.8%Hazardous Condition
• 86912.3%Service Call
• 76210.8%False Alarm
• 4987.1%Fire
• 2884.1%Good Intent Call
• 380.5%Severe Weather
• 260.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.6%), and Outside Fires (42.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Medfield, MA
• 22745.6%Structure Fires
• 21242.6%Outside Fires
• 336.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 265.2%Other