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Starkville: 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 150. The highest number of reported fires - 208 took place in 2007, and the least - 62 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Starkville, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Starkville:	64.8
West Point:	91.0
Columbus:	55.2
Louisville:	176.0
Aberdeen:	182.3
Amory:	111.2
Philadelphia:	255.8
Kosciusko:	78.3
Tupelo:	81.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Mississippi median value.


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

Starkville:	5 minutes
West Point:	4 minutes
Ackerman:	8 minutes
Columbus:	5 minutes
Eupora:	8 minutes
Louisville:	8 minutes
Macon:	6 minutes
Aberdeen:	3 minutes
Houston:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 10 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 10. This indicator was the highest - 91 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is much higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Starkville, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Starkville:	8.2
Columbus:	1.6
Louisville:	3.5
Philadelphia:	6.5
Tupelo:	2.8

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Starkville, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Starkville:	2.7
West Point:	1.9
Ackerman:	1.9
Columbus:	1.6
Eupora:	5.7
Louisville:	4.6
Macon:	0.0
Aberdeen:	0.0
Houston:	6.3

31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.8%) on Friday.
According to the 2,554 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during January, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 12,031 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.0%), Fire (21.2%), and False Alarm (13.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Starkville, MS
• 5,65447.0%Rescue & EMS
• 2,55421.2%Fire
• 1,60113.3%False Alarm
• 1,0038.3%Hazardous Condition
• 9127.6%Good Intent Call
• 2382.0%Service Call
• 480.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 160.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.6%), and Outside Fires (32.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Starkville, MS
• 1,24248.6%Structure Fires
• 83932.9%Outside Fires
• 46318.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 100.4%Other