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Lauderdale: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 33. The highest number of fires - 53 took place in 2014, and the least - 18 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the Mississippi median value.


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

Lauderdale:	12 minutes
Toomsuba:	8 minutes
Meridian:	5 minutes
Collinsville:	8 minutes
Bogue Chitto:	11 minutes
Quitman:	8 minutes
Decatur:	8 minutes
Union:	10 minutes
Philadelphia:	9 minutes

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (20.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.6%) on Monday.
According to the 566 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during January, and the least (4.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,132 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (50.0%), Overpressure Rupture (35.2%), and Service Call (4.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lauderdale, MS
• 56650.0%Fire
• 39835.2%Rescue & EMS
• 514.5%Good Intent Call
• 393.4%Hazardous Condition
• 393.4%False Alarm
• 282.5%Service Call
• 80.7%Severe Weather
• 30.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.9%), and Outside Fires (40.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lauderdale, MS
• 26045.9%Structure Fires
• 22940.5%Outside Fires
• 6110.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 162.8%Other