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Okolona: 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 65. The highest number of fires - 113 took place in 2006, and the least - 7 in 2002. The data has a growing 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 Okolona, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Okolona:	7 minutes
Shannon:	8 minutes
Nettleton:	9 minutes
Verona:	5 minutes
Amory:	5 minutes
Houston:	7 minutes
Aberdeen:	3 minutes
Tupelo:	5 minutes
Pontotoc:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,106 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during February, and the least (6.4%) in November.
Out of all 3,081 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (54.0%), Fire (35.9%), and Service Call (3.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Okolona, MS
• 1,66554.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,10635.9%Fire
• 1063.4%Good Intent Call
• 772.5%Service Call
• 702.3%False Alarm
• 541.8%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.7%), and Outside Fires (35.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Okolona, MS
• 51646.7%Structure Fires
• 39235.4%Outside Fires
• 15514.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 433.9%Other