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Bolton: 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 59. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 109 took place in 2006, and the least - 21 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Bolton:	8 minutes
Raymond:	8 minutes
Clinton:	5 minutes
Jackson:	5 minutes
Byram:	5 minutes
Flora:	8 minutes
Richland:	3 minutes
Utica:	11 minutes
Terry:	8 minutes

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,003 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in May.
Out of all 2,621 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (42.0%), Fire (38.3%), and Rescue & EMS (8.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bolton, MS
• 1,10242.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,00338.3%Fire
• 2218.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1144.3%Good Intent Call
• 973.7%Service Call
• 712.7%False Alarm
• 120.5%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.5%), and Structure Fires (30.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bolton, MS
• 47647.5%Outside Fires
• 30130.0%Structure Fires
• 21121.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 151.5%Other