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Rochester: Fire Incidents, Massachusetts (MA)

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 8. The highest number of fires - 13 took place in 2008, and the least - 2 in 2010. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Rochester, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Rochester:	13.4
Acushnet:	21.7
Wareham:	46.6
Carver:	4.9
Mattapoisett:	32.5
Lakeville:	26.4
Middleborough:	34.8
Fairhaven:	30.2
New Bedford:	46.5

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
42.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 57.1% in the evening. The most fires (21.8%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (10.5%) on Saturday.
According to the 133 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (20.3%) took place during March, and the least (2.3%) in September.
Out of all 210 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (63.3%), Rescue & EMS (18.6%), and Service Call (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rochester, MA
• 13363.3%Fire
• 3918.6%Rescue & EMS
• 178.1%Service Call
• 104.8%Hazardous Condition
• 94.3%Good Intent Call
• 10.5%Overpressure Rupture
• 10.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (72.2%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (15.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rochester, MA
• 9672.2%Structure Fires
• 2115.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 96.8%Other
• 75.3%Outside Fires