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Laurel: 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 558. The highest number of fires - 935 took place in 2010, and the least - 195 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Laurel, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Laurel:	237.3
Petal:	106.6
Hattiesburg:	102.0
Forest:	157.3
Columbia:	154.6
Meridian:	121.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is about the same as the Mississippi median value.


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

Laurel:	8 minutes
Ellisville:	9 minutes
Soso:	13 minutes
Heidelberg:	12 minutes
Taylorsville:	10 minutes
Bay Springs:	9 minutes
Seminary:	9 minutes
Collins:	9 minutes
Petal:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Laurel, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Laurel:	1.4
Ellisville:	0.0
Hattiesburg:	1.3
Purvis:	0.3
Lumberton:	1.6
Meridian:	2.8

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Laurel, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Laurel:	5.6
Ellisville:	3.1
Soso:	2.0
Heidelberg:	3.1
Taylorsville:	0.0
Bay Springs:	4.7
Seminary:	0.0
Collins:	0.0
Petal:	3.0

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 9,492 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during March, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 22,323 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.5%), Rescue & EMS (26.5%), and Hazardous Condition (15.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Laurel, MS
• 9,49242.5%Fire
• 5,91526.5%Rescue & EMS
• 3,37615.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2845.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,2575.6%False Alarm
• 6112.7%Service Call
• 2351.1%Severe Weather
• 830.4%Special Incident
• 700.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.6%), and Structure Fires (37.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Laurel, MS
• 4,42046.6%Outside Fires
• 3,54537.3%Structure Fires
• 1,06811.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4594.8%Other