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Myrtle: 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 fires per year is 51. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 75 took place in 2005, and the least - 28 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Myrtle:	8 minutes
New Albany:	7 minutes
Ripley:	8 minutes
Blue Springs:	9 minutes
Ashland:	10 minutes
Pontotoc:	9 minutes
Holly Springs:	8 minutes
Oxford:	6 minutes
Guntown:	9 minutes

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 869 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.1%) in June.
Out of all 1,384 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (62.8%), Overpressure Rupture (22.2%), and Service Call (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Myrtle, MS
• 86962.8%Fire
• 30722.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1259.0%Good Intent Call
• 564.0%Hazardous Condition
• 130.9%False Alarm
• 110.8%Service Call
• 20.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (46.8%), and Structure Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Myrtle, MS
• 40746.8%Outside Fires
• 28532.8%Structure Fires
• 15017.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 273.1%Other