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Poplarville: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 126. The highest number of fire incidents - 285 took place in 2006, and the least - 46 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Poplarville:	11 minutes
Lumberton:	9 minutes
Bogalusa:	4 minutes
Purvis:	7 minutes
Picayune:	4 minutes
Wiggins:	7 minutes
Saucier:	8 minutes
Kiln:	10 minutes
Columbia:	9 minutes

23.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.9%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,015 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (18.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in June.
Out of all 4,229 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.6%), Rescue & EMS (41.3%), and Hazardous Condition (3.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Poplarville, MS
• 2,01547.6%Fire
• 1,74741.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1593.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1313.1%False Alarm
• 1112.6%Good Intent Call
• 481.1%Service Call
• 110.3%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (64.6%), and Structure Fires (24.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Poplarville, MS
• 1,30264.6%Outside Fires
• 49624.6%Structure Fires
• 1758.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 422.1%Other