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Meridian: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 568. The highest number of fires - 794 took place in 2006, and the least - 434 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Meridian:	121.2
Philadelphia:	255.8
Forest:	157.3
Laurel:	237.3
Louisville:	176.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Mississippi median value.


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

Meridian:	5 minutes
Collinsville:	8 minutes
Toomsuba:	8 minutes
Lauderdale:	12 minutes
Quitman:	8 minutes
Decatur:	8 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes
Union:	10 minutes
Bogue Chitto:	11 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is similar.


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

Meridian:	2.8
Philadelphia:	6.5
Laurel:	1.4
Carthage:	1.9
Louisville:	3.5

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 7 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Meridian:	3.3
Collinsville:	4.5
Toomsuba:	1.6
Lauderdale:	3.5
Quitman:	0.0
Decatur:	2.0
Newton:	1.0
Union:	6.2
Bogue Chitto:	0.0

32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Sunday.
According to the 9,664 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.7%) in August.
Out of all 25,539 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.8%), Rescue & EMS (32.3%), and Hazardous Condition (11.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Meridian, MS
• 9,66437.8%Fire
• 8,25332.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,91511.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,8167.1%False Alarm
• 1,5506.1%Good Intent Call
• 1,0904.3%Service Call
• 960.4%Severe Weather
• 880.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 670.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.6%), and Structure Fires (36.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Meridian, MS
• 4,12042.6%Outside Fires
• 3,50636.3%Structure Fires
• 1,58716.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4514.7%Other