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Pelahatchie: 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 fire incidents per year is 74. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 139 took place in 2010, and the least - 10 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Mississippi median value.


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

Pelahatchie:	10 minutes
Morton:	8 minutes
Brandon:	7 minutes
Pearl:	4 minutes
Flowood:	4 minutes
Forest:	7 minutes
Ridgeland:	4 minutes
Madison:	5 minutes
Richland:	3 minutes

22.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 77.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,252 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during February, and the least (5.4%) in August.
Out of all 3,938 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (53.8%), Fire (31.8%), and Service Call (6.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pelahatchie, MS
• 2,11753.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,25231.8%Fire
• 2696.8%Good Intent Call
• 1694.3%Hazardous Condition
• 741.9%Service Call
• 411.0%False Alarm
• 160.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (50.2%), and Structure Fires (35.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pelahatchie, MS
• 62850.2%Outside Fires
• 44935.9%Structure Fires
• 15612.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 191.5%Other