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Port Gibson: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of fire incidents - 71 took place in 2011, and the least - 12 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Port Gibson:	7 minutes
Utica:	11 minutes
Vicksburg:	7 minutes
Tallulah:	4 minutes
Hazlehurst:	10 minutes
Natchez:	8 minutes
Crystal Springs:	9 minutes
Wesson:	10 minutes
Raymond:	8 minutes

50.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 49.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.5%) on Friday.
According to the 671 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in October.
Out of all 777 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (86.4%), Rescue & EMS (8.5%), and Service Call (1.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Port Gibson, MS
• 67186.4%Fire
• 668.5%Hazardous Condition
• 131.7%Good Intent Call
• 121.5%Service Call
• 70.9%Rescue & EMS
• 70.9%False Alarm
• 10.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (47.5%), and Outside Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Port Gibson, MS
• 31947.5%Structure Fires
• 18627.7%Outside Fires
• 13620.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 304.5%Other