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Lena: 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 36. The highest number of reported fires - 59 took place in 2006, and the least - 14 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend.

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


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

Lena:	7 minutes
Carthage:	11 minutes
Morton:	8 minutes
Forest:	7 minutes
Pelahatchie:	10 minutes
Canton:	6 minutes
Union:	10 minutes
Decatur:	8 minutes
Philadelphia:	9 minutes

28.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 570 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (16.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in May.
Out of all 928 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (61.4%), Overpressure Rupture (30.0%), and Service Call (3.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lena, MS
• 57061.4%Fire
• 27830.0%Rescue & EMS
• 293.1%Good Intent Call
• 232.5%Hazardous Condition
• 192.0%Service Call
• 60.6%False Alarm
• 20.2%Severe Weather
• 10.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.2%), and Structure Fires (35.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lena, MS
• 25244.2%Outside Fires
• 20335.6%Structure Fires
• 6311.1%Other
• 529.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires