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Hazlehurst: 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 137. The highest number of reported fires - 202 took place in 2005, and the least - 87 in 2012. 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 Hazlehurst, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Hazlehurst:	10 minutes
Crystal Springs:	9 minutes
Wesson:	10 minutes
Terry:	8 minutes
Brookhaven:	7 minutes
Utica:	11 minutes
Byram:	5 minutes
Florence:	9 minutes
Braxton:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Hazlehurst, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Hazlehurst:	2.1
Crystal Springs:	0.4
Wesson:	2.8
Terry:	0.0
Brookhaven:	0.0
Utica:	0.0
Byram:	11.2
Florence:	2.3
Braxton:	0.0

32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,332 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during January, and the least (4.5%) in August.
Out of all 4,694 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (49.7%), Rescue & EMS (27.2%), and Hazardous Condition (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hazlehurst, MS
• 2,33249.7%Fire
• 1,27627.2%Rescue & EMS
• 4229.0%Hazardous Condition
• 4229.0%Good Intent Call
• 1332.8%Service Call
• 651.4%False Alarm
• 320.7%Severe Weather
• 70.1%Special Incident
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.3%), and Outside Fires (38.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hazlehurst, MS
• 1,01043.3%Structure Fires
• 88738.0%Outside Fires
• 33114.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1044.5%Other