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Heidelberg: 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 56. The highest number of reported fires - 106 took place in 2006, and the least - 28 in 2016. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the Mississippi median value.


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

Heidelberg:	12 minutes
Laurel:	8 minutes
Bay Springs:	9 minutes
Quitman:	8 minutes
Soso:	13 minutes
Louin:	8 minutes
Ellisville:	9 minutes
Waynesboro:	9 minutes
Taylorsville:	10 minutes

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.5%) on Sunday.
Based on the 960 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in August.
Out of all 1,727 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (55.6%), Overpressure Rupture (33.0%), and Rescue & EMS (4.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Heidelberg, MS
• 96055.6%Fire
• 57033.0%Rescue & EMS
• 704.1%Hazardous Condition
• 643.7%Good Intent Call
• 271.6%False Alarm
• 251.4%Service Call
• 60.3%Severe Weather
• 50.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.2%), and Structure Fires (41.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Heidelberg, MS
• 41543.2%Outside Fires
• 40241.9%Structure Fires
• 12112.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 222.3%Other