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Corinth: 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 259. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 389 took place in 2007, and the least - 124 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Corinth:	172.7
Booneville:	373.3
Ripley:	177.6
Saltillo:	171.9
New Albany:	165.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Mississippi median value.


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

Corinth:	6 minutes
Glen:	8 minutes
Rienzi:	11 minutes
Burnsville:	6 minutes
Booneville:	10 minutes
Iuka:	8 minutes
Walnut:	8 minutes
Tishomingo:	9 minutes
Ripley:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

Corinth:	2.0
Booneville:	2.5
New Albany:	0.8

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Corinth:	3.6
Glen:	4.3
Rienzi:	1.5
Burnsville:	0.0
Booneville:	1.4
Iuka:	0.0
Walnut:	0.0
Tishomingo:	0.0
Ripley:	1.1

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 4,410 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.0%) in August.
Out of all 15,570 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (53.1%), Fire (28.3%), and Service Call (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Corinth, MS
• 8,26953.1%Rescue & EMS
• 4,41028.3%Fire
• 1,3548.7%Service Call
• 5183.3%False Alarm
• 4903.1%Good Intent Call
• 4633.0%Hazardous Condition
• 420.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.5%), and Structure Fires (33.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Corinth, MS
• 2,09447.5%Outside Fires
• 1,46333.2%Structure Fires
• 56712.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2866.5%Other