Wheaton: Fire Incidents, Maryland (MD)
Where are fire incidents reported in Wheaton, MD
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2004 - 2012 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wheaton, MD
- 1,93770.8%Hazardous Condition
- 69925.6%Fire
- 652.4%Service Call
- 200.7%Good Intent Call
- 120.4%Rescue & EMS
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wheaton, MD
- 30143.1%Outside Fires
- 23733.9%Structure Fires
- 12818.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 334.7%Other
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2012 the average number of fires per year is 78. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 159 took place in 2011, and the least - 18 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.The median response time in Wheaton, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Wheaton: | 5 minutes |
| Silver Spring: | 5 minutes |
| Bethesda: | 5 minutes |
| Takoma Park: | 5 minutes |
| Rockville: | 6 minutes |
| Chillum: | 6 minutes |
| Beltsville: | 6 minutes |
| Hyattsville: | 5 minutes |
| Washington: | 4 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2012 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 6 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 62 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Maryland value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Wheaton, MD compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Wheaton: | 22.9 |
| Silver Spring: | 26.6 |
| Bethesda: | 15.4 |
| Takoma Park: | 18.1 |
| Rockville: | 15.7 |
| Chillum: | 10.6 |
| Beltsville: | 10.0 |
| Hyattsville: | 2.4 |
| Washington: | 1.1 |
33.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Tuesday.
According to the 699 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2012 most fires (11.0%) took place during June, and the least (5.9%) in February.
Out of all 2,734 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2012, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.8%), Fire (25.6%), and Hazardous Condition (2.4%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (43.1%), and Structure Fires (33.9%).