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Tunica: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 63. The highest number of fires - 89 took place in 2006, and the least - 35 in 2015. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Mississippi median value.


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

Tunica:	7 minutes
Helena:	3 minutes
Helena-West Helena:	3 minutes
West Helena:	3 minutes
Hughes:	5 minutes
Marianna:	5 minutes
Walls:	8 minutes
Coldwater:	10 minutes
Senatobia:	7 minutes

32.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.9%) on Monday.
According to the 1,008 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during July, and the least (5.9%) in February.
Out of all 1,909 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (52.8%), Overpressure Rupture (28.6%), and Service Call (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tunica, MS
• 1,00852.8%Fire
• 54628.6%Rescue & EMS
• 22711.9%Good Intent Call
• 683.6%False Alarm
• 532.8%Hazardous Condition
• 60.3%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.8%), and Outside Fires (29.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tunica, MS
• 45244.8%Structure Fires
• 30129.9%Outside Fires
• 25225.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 30.3%Other