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Charleston: 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 29. The highest number of reported fires - 64 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2015. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Charleston:	9 minutes
Pope:	12 minutes
Courtland:	12 minutes
Lambert:	9 minutes
Marks:	9 minutes
Grenada:	4 minutes
Batesville:	10 minutes
Water Valley:	7 minutes
Sardis:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 501 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during August, and the least (6.0%) in May.
Out of all 520 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (96.3%), Rescue & EMS (1.7%), and Overpressure Rupture (1.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Charleston, MS
• 50196.3%Fire
• 91.7%Hazardous Condition
• 51.0%Rescue & EMS
• 51.0%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.7%), and Outside Fires (32.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Charleston, MS
• 27454.7%Structure Fires
• 16532.9%Outside Fires
• 5210.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 102.0%Other