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Bay St. Louis: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2002 - 2011 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2011 the average number of fire incidents per year is 52. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 137 took place in 2004, and the least - 12 in 2006. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Bay St. Louis:	5 minutes
Waveland:	4 minutes
Pass Christian:	6 minutes
Kiln:	10 minutes
Long Beach:	5 minutes
Gulfport:	5 minutes
Pearl River:	8 minutes
Saucier:	8 minutes
Picayune:	4 minutes

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.3%) on Saturday.
Based on the 516 fires from years 2002 - 2011 most fires (12.0%) took place during September, and the least (5.8%) in April.
Out of all 1,400 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2011, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (37.5%), Fire (36.9%), and Hazardous Condition (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bay St. Louis, MS
• 52537.5%Rescue & EMS
• 51636.9%Fire
• 15611.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1017.2%Service Call
• 715.1%False Alarm
• 231.6%Good Intent Call
• 40.3%Special Incident
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (53.1%), and Structure Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bay St. Louis, MS
• 27453.1%Outside Fires
• 14127.3%Structure Fires
• 6212.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 397.6%Other