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Newton: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 59. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 76 took place in 2017, and the least - 41 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

Newton:	7 minutes
Decatur:	8 minutes
Union:	10 minutes
Louin:	8 minutes
Forest:	7 minutes
Collinsville:	8 minutes
Bay Springs:	9 minutes
Meridian:	5 minutes
Morton:	8 minutes

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.3%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,000 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in April.
Out of all 5,493 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.8%), Fire (18.2%), and Hazardous Condition (4.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Newton, MS
• 3,83369.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,00018.2%Fire
• 2244.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1973.6%Good Intent Call
• 1793.3%False Alarm
• 400.7%Service Call
• 120.2%Severe Weather
• 60.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (39.9%), and Structure Fires (39.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Newton, MS
• 39939.9%Outside Fires
• 39139.1%Structure Fires
• 18718.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 232.3%Other