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Fire districts review 2019 by the numbers Jan 7, 2020  https://wareham.theweektoday.com/article/fire-districts-review-2019-numbers/45776   Both fire districts in Wareham took a statistical look at 2019. The Wareham Fire Department logged 3,495 calls and wrote 2,594 incident reports. Among those calls, 19 were for marine incidents. The district responded to 32 motor vehicle fires and 35 reported structural fires. Medical calls also took up much of the district’s time, as crews responded to 1,327 reported medical emergencies. While Onset’s Fire District did not release detailed information about the year, they responded to a total of 1,475 calls for service. That number is down 9 percent from 2018’s total of 1,621 calls.

The Town of Wareham commissioned a study to be done to inventory all properties and parcels within a defined area of the town. This study was completed by JM Goldson Community Preservation and Planning in conjunction with Silva Engineering Associates , and took place in the latter half of 2018. The purpose was to determine eligibility for block grant funding under MGL c.121A and c.121B. The results are similar if not identical to prior surveys. In this study, 762 properties were included, 694 of which contained buildings. Twenty-eight percent of the area studied meet the criteria including physical deterioration, abandonment, chronic high vacancy rates, environmental contamination, and/or significant decline in property values. Eighty-six percent of the Village's infrastructure components are in fair or poor condition and contributing to slum and blight conditions. These include water, sewer, drainage, utilities, roadways and sidewalks. The take aways from this include the