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Lexington: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 52. The highest number of reported fires - 105 took place in 2006, and the least - 3 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.

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


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

Lexington:	9 minutes
Tchula:	11 minutes
Belzoni:	5 minutes
Kosciusko:	9 minutes
Yazoo City:	6 minutes
Greenwood:	5 minutes
Winona:	5 minutes
Canton:	6 minutes
Bentonia:	11 minutes

31.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Friday.
Based on the 838 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in May.
Out of all 997 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (84.1%), Rescue & EMS (10.3%), and Service Call (3.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lexington, MS
• 83884.1%Fire
• 10310.3%Hazardous Condition
• 323.2%Good Intent Call
• 131.3%Rescue & EMS
• 70.7%False Alarm
• 40.4%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.1%), and Structure Fires (37.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lexington, MS
• 35342.1%Outside Fires
• 31737.8%Structure Fires
• 15318.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 151.8%Other