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Pope: 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 49. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 70 took place in 2012, and the least - 15 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Pope:	12 minutes
Courtland:	12 minutes
Batesville:	10 minutes
Sardis:	10 minutes
Charleston:	9 minutes
Water Valley:	7 minutes
Marks:	9 minutes
Lambert:	9 minutes
Como:	12 minutes

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.1%) on Saturday.
According to the 828 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.2%) in May.
Out of all 1,219 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (67.9%), Overpressure Rupture (23.4%), and Service Call (6.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pope, MS
• 82867.9%Fire
• 28523.4%Rescue & EMS
• 756.2%Good Intent Call
• 211.7%Hazardous Condition
• 70.6%False Alarm
• 30.2%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (52.9%), and Structure Fires (34.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pope, MS
• 43852.9%Outside Fires
• 28234.1%Structure Fires
• 9511.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.6%Other