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Mendenhall: 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 79. The highest number of fires - 134 took place in 2011, and the least - 12 in 2002. 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 Mendenhall, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Mendenhall:	9 minutes
Braxton:	9 minutes
Magee:	10 minutes
Florence:	9 minutes
Brandon:	7 minutes
Pelahatchie:	10 minutes
Prentiss:	10 minutes
Richland:	3 minutes
Pearl:	4 minutes

25.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Friday.
According to the 1,336 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in May.
Out of all 2,213 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (60.4%), Rescue & EMS (24.8%), and Hazardous Condition (7.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mendenhall, MS
• 1,33660.4%Fire
• 54824.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1577.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1044.7%Good Intent Call
• 411.9%False Alarm
• 210.9%Service Call
• 40.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (53.8%), and Structure Fires (29.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mendenhall, MS
• 71953.8%Outside Fires
• 39329.4%Structure Fires
• 13410.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 906.7%Other