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Tyngsborough: 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 29. The highest number of reported fires - 45 took place in 2010, and the least - 19 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Tyngsborough, MA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Tyngsborough:	24.5
Dracut:	20.3
Chelmsford:	12.3
Westford:	26.0
Lowell:	41.4
Littleton:	35.5
Tewksbury:	29.8
Billerica:	27.3
Methuen:	26.7

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.
31.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.0% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.6%) on Sunday.
According to the 493 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.7%) in December.
Out of all 8,633 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.3%), Hazardous Condition (22.2%), and False Alarm (13.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tyngsborough, MA
• 3,65242.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,91622.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,12713.1%False Alarm
• 1,03212.0%Service Call
• 4935.7%Fire
• 4004.6%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.4%), and Structure Fires (28.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tyngsborough, MA
• 21443.4%Outside Fires
• 13828.0%Structure Fires
• 11122.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 306.1%Other