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Nantucket: 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 57. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 138 took place in 2004, and the least - 23 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Nantucket:	62.2
West Yarmouth:	31.6
South Yarmouth:	34.9
Yarmouth:	2.4
Harwich:	42.2
Yarmouth Port:	16.3
East Falmouth:	53.5
Mashpee:	34.7
Mattapoisett:	32.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is higher compared to the Massachusetts median value.


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

Nantucket:	6 minutes
South Yarmouth:	5 minutes
Harwich:	6 minutes
Mashpee:	7 minutes
Falmouth:	4 minutes
Brewster:	8 minutes
Orleans:	7 minutes
East Sandwich:	8 minutes
Sandwich:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Massachusetts value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Nantucket:	3.1
South Yarmouth:	33.2
Harwich:	36.4
Mashpee:	26.7
Falmouth:	38.8
Brewster:	10.6
Orleans:	7.5
East Sandwich:	29.8
Sandwich:	18.4

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.4%) on Friday.
According to the 971 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during July, and the least (5.6%) in November.
Out of all 13,338 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.0%), False Alarm (28.3%), and Hazardous Condition (20.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Nantucket, MA
• 5,06738.0%Rescue & EMS
• 3,78128.3%False Alarm
• 2,75520.7%Hazardous Condition
• 9717.3%Fire
• 4113.1%Service Call
• 3132.3%Good Intent Call
• 160.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 160.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (59.1%), and Outside Fires (19.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Nantucket, MA
• 57459.1%Structure Fires
• 18519.1%Outside Fires
• 11611.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 969.9%Other