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Oakland: Fire Incidents, Maine (ME)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 38. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 54 took place in 2011, and the least - 9 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Maine median value.


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

Oakland:	5 minutes
Waterville:	5 minutes
Skowhegan:	6 minutes
Augusta:	5 minutes
Farmington:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 27. This indicator was the highest - 111 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Maine value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Oakland:	29.5
Waterville:	24.2
Skowhegan:	6.0
Augusta:	20.4
Farmington:	1.7

33.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Monday.
According to the 611 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during January, and the least (4.7%) in September.
Out of all 5,400 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.1%), Hazardous Condition (16.0%), and Fire (11.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Oakland, ME
• 2,65449.1%Rescue & EMS
• 86316.0%Hazardous Condition
• 61111.3%Fire
• 61111.3%Service Call
• 3847.1%Good Intent Call
• 2294.2%False Alarm
• 250.5%Severe Weather
• 190.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (60.7%), and Outside Fires (21.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Oakland, ME
• 37160.7%Structure Fires
• 13321.8%Outside Fires
• 6610.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 416.7%Other