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Jackson: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2008 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2008 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 409. The highest number of fires - 552 took place in 2010, and the least - 253 in 2013. The data has a rising trend.


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

Jackson:	58.8
Humboldt:	67.1
Henderson:	103.4
Luray:	9.1
Milan:	106.8
Lexington:	127.8
Brownsville:	118.3
Bolivar:	160.5
McKenzie:	88.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Jackson:	6 minutes
Humboldt:	4 minutes
Henderson:	6 minutes
Milan:	6 minutes
Lexington:	4 minutes
Trenton:	6 minutes
Brownsville:	8 minutes
Bolivar:	4 minutes
Huntingdon:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2008 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a growing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is about the same.


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

Jackson:

3.8

According to the reports from the years 2008 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of injuries - 10 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2011. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2011. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Jackson:	7.8
Humboldt:	12.1
Henderson:	6.4
Milan:	3.2
Lexington:	14.2
Trenton:	0.8
Brownsville:	3.4
Bolivar:	15.5
Huntingdon:	7.1

31.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 4,496 fires from years 2008 - 2018 most fires (10.0%) took place during March, and the least (7.1%) in December.
Out of all 22,435 cases reported during the years 2008 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.9%), Fire (20.0%), and False Alarm (15.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Jackson, TN
• 9,17740.9%Rescue & EMS
• 4,49620.0%Fire
• 3,47015.5%False Alarm
• 1,8598.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,7567.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,4436.4%Service Call
• 1380.6%Overpressure Rupture
• 500.2%Severe Weather
• 460.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (40.1%), and Structure Fires (38.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Jackson, TN
• 1,80540.1%Outside Fires
• 1,71238.1%Structure Fires
• 94221.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 370.8%Other