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Vicksburg: 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 fire incidents per year is 297. The highest number of reported fires - 405 took place in 2003, and the least - 56 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Vicksburg:	134.1
Clinton:	27.8
Byram:	51.3
Jackson:	25.9
Richland:	54.7
Ridgeland:	34.4
Flowood:	56.9
Yazoo City:	108.5
Pearl:	32.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Mississippi median value.


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

Vicksburg:	7 minutes
Tallulah:	4 minutes
Utica:	11 minutes
Bolton:	8 minutes
Port Gibson:	7 minutes
Raymond:	8 minutes
Clinton:	5 minutes
Flora:	8 minutes
Bentonia:	11 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Vicksburg:	4.2
Jackson:	2.1
Brandon:	1.5
Canton:	1.2
Brookhaven:	0.3
Natchez:	4.3

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 17 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 55 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Vicksburg:	11.3
Tallulah:	0.0
Utica:	0.0
Bolton:	0.0
Port Gibson:	3.0
Raymond:	0.0
Clinton:	0.0
Flora:	1.4
Bentonia:	0.0

34.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 5,044 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during January, and the least (7.1%) in May.
Out of all 30,103 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.1%), Good Intent Call (21.2%), and Fire (16.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Vicksburg, MS
• 13,89046.1%Rescue & EMS
• 6,39121.2%Good Intent Call
• 5,04416.8%Fire
• 2,3157.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2424.1%False Alarm
• 1,0923.6%Service Call
• 480.2%Special Incident
• 470.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 340.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.9%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Vicksburg, MS
• 2,11341.9%Structure Fires
• 1,57131.1%Outside Fires
• 99619.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3647.2%Other