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Bay Springs: 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 38. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 83 took place in 2005, and the least - 6 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Bay Springs:	9 minutes
Louin:	8 minutes
Taylorsville:	10 minutes
Soso:	13 minutes
Heidelberg:	12 minutes
Laurel:	8 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes
Ellisville:	9 minutes
Magee:	10 minutes

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.7%) on Friday.
Based on the 641 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in September.
Out of all 1,234 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.9%), Rescue & EMS (39.4%), and False Alarm (2.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bay Springs, MS
• 64151.9%Fire
• 48639.4%Rescue & EMS
• 352.8%False Alarm
• 252.0%Good Intent Call
• 181.5%Hazardous Condition
• 181.5%Severe Weather
• 70.6%Service Call
• 20.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.6%), and Outside Fires (39.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bay Springs, MS
• 29245.6%Structure Fires
• 25539.8%Outside Fires
• 7411.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 203.1%Other