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Iuka: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 142. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 258 took place in 2007, and the least - 76 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is similar to the Mississippi median value.


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

Iuka:	8 minutes
Burnsville:	6 minutes
Tishomingo:	9 minutes
Glen:	8 minutes
Rienzi:	11 minutes
Corinth:	6 minutes
Belmont:	5 minutes
Golden:	7 minutes
Booneville:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,278 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 4,795 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.5%), Rescue & EMS (41.0%), and Service Call (3.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Iuka, MS
• 2,27847.5%Fire
• 1,96741.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1483.1%Service Call
• 1292.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1282.7%Good Intent Call
• 1162.4%False Alarm
• 200.4%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (52.1%), and Structure Fires (34.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Iuka, MS
• 1,18752.1%Outside Fires
• 79434.9%Structure Fires
• 22710.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 703.1%Other