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Jackson: 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 594. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 1,225 took place in 2006, and the least - 34 in 2014. The data has a growing trend.


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

Jackson:	25.9
Flowood:	56.9
Pearl:	32.7
Richland:	54.7
Clinton:	27.8
Ridgeland:	34.4
Byram:	51.3
Madison:	40.1
Brandon:	99.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Mississippi median value.


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

Jackson:	5 minutes
Flowood:	4 minutes
Pearl:	4 minutes
Richland:	3 minutes
Clinton:	5 minutes
Ridgeland:	4 minutes
Byram:	5 minutes
Madison:	5 minutes
Brandon:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 5 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is lower.


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

Jackson:	2.1
Brandon:	1.5
Canton:	1.2
Vicksburg:	4.2
Carthage:	1.9
Brookhaven:	0.3

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 8 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Jackson:	4.0
Flowood:	5.3
Pearl:	2.0
Richland:	1.7
Clinton:	0.0
Ridgeland:	1.3
Byram:	11.2
Madison:	1.6
Brandon:	2.8

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 10,105 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during March, and the least (6.8%) in February.
Out of all 49,681 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.7%), Fire (20.3%), and Hazardous Condition (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Jackson, MS
• 21,70543.7%Rescue & EMS
• 10,10520.3%Fire
• 6,20912.5%Hazardous Condition
• 6,17012.4%Good Intent Call
• 3,8627.8%False Alarm
• 1,4783.0%Service Call
• 750.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.4%), and Outside Fires (32.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Jackson, MS
• 4,18141.4%Structure Fires
• 3,26532.3%Outside Fires
• 2,36323.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2962.9%Other