Decatur: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)
Where are fire incidents reported in Decatur, MS
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Decatur, MS
- 1,15156.5%Rescue & EMS
- 50724.9%Fire
- 1477.2%Hazardous Condition
- 1366.7%Good Intent Call
- 522.6%False Alarm
- 180.9%Service Call
- 130.6%Severe Weather
- 90.4%Special Incident
- 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Decatur, MS
- 23245.8%Outside Fires
- 18837.1%Structure Fires
- 8216.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 51.0%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 30. The highest number of fire incidents - 52 took place in 2016, and the least - 18 in 2011. The data has an increasing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is close to the state median value.The median response time in Decatur, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Decatur: | 8 minutes |
| Newton: | 7 minutes |
| Union: | 10 minutes |
| Collinsville: | 8 minutes |
| Forest: | 7 minutes |
| Philadelphia: | 9 minutes |
| Meridian: | 5 minutes |
| Louin: | 8 minutes |
| Bogue Chitto: | 11 minutes |
27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 507 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.8%) took place during February, and the least (4.7%) in June.
Out of all 2,038 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.5%), Fire (24.9%), and Hazardous Condition (7.2%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.8%), and Structure Fires (37.1%).