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Silver Creek: 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 fires per year is 33. The highest number of fire incidents - 59 took place in 2006, and the least - 11 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Mississippi median value.


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

Silver Creek:	9 minutes
Monticello:	6 minutes
Prentiss:	10 minutes
Bassfield:	5 minutes
Wesson:	10 minutes
Magee:	10 minutes
Mendenhall:	9 minutes
Brookhaven:	7 minutes
Columbia:	9 minutes

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 521 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during March, and the least (3.8%) in May.
Out of all 712 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (73.2%), Rescue & EMS (17.3%), and Good Intent Call (3.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Silver Creek, MS
• 52173.2%Fire
• 12317.3%Rescue & EMS
• 253.5%Good Intent Call
• 223.1%Hazardous Condition
• 101.4%Severe Weather
• 60.8%Service Call
• 30.4%False Alarm
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 10.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.7%), and Structure Fires (38.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Silver Creek, MS
• 23845.7%Outside Fires
• 20238.8%Structure Fires
• 5811.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 234.4%Other