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Quitman: 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 fires per year is 63. The highest number of fire incidents - 125 took place in 2007, and the least - 12 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is close to the Mississippi median value.


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

Quitman:	8 minutes
Heidelberg:	12 minutes
Meridian:	5 minutes
Waynesboro:	9 minutes
Toomsuba:	8 minutes
Louin:	8 minutes
Collinsville:	8 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes
Bay Springs:	9 minutes

27.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,078 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during February, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 1,555 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (69.3%), Rescue & EMS (13.8%), and Hazardous Condition (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Quitman, MS
• 1,07869.3%Fire
• 21513.8%Rescue & EMS
• 15910.2%Hazardous Condition
• 452.9%Good Intent Call
• 221.4%Service Call
• 191.2%Severe Weather
• 151.0%False Alarm
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Other (34.6%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Quitman, MS
• 37334.6%Other
• 33531.1%Outside Fires
• 30127.9%Structure Fires
• 696.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires