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Ashland: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 55. The highest number of fire incidents - 89 took place in 2010, and the least - 16 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Ashland:	10 minutes
Ripley:	8 minutes
Holly Springs:	8 minutes
Walnut:	8 minutes
Myrtle:	8 minutes
New Albany:	7 minutes
Byhalia:	12 minutes
Blue Springs:	9 minutes
Booneville:	10 minutes

24.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.9%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 885 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (22.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.1%) in May.
Out of all 1,250 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (70.8%), Overpressure Rupture (25.3%), and Rescue & EMS (1.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ashland, MS
• 88570.8%Fire
• 31625.3%Rescue & EMS
• 181.4%Hazardous Condition
• 161.3%Good Intent Call
• 100.8%False Alarm
• 50.4%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (61.7%), and Structure Fires (25.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ashland, MS
• 54661.7%Outside Fires
• 22125.0%Structure Fires
• 10712.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 111.2%Other