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Richton: Fire Incidents, Mississippi (MS)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 60. The highest number of reported fires - 125 took place in 2006, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

Richton:	11 minutes
Petal:	5 minutes
Hattiesburg:	5 minutes
Ellisville:	9 minutes
Laurel:	8 minutes
Waynesboro:	9 minutes
Purvis:	7 minutes
Soso:	13 minutes
Wiggins:	7 minutes

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,012 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in August.
Out of all 1,365 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (74.1%), Rescue & EMS (19.0%), and Hazardous Condition (4.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Richton, MS
• 1,01274.1%Fire
• 25919.0%Rescue & EMS
• 564.1%Hazardous Condition
• 161.2%Service Call
• 131.0%Good Intent Call
• 60.4%False Alarm
• 20.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.5%), and Structure Fires (33.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Richton, MS
• 55254.5%Outside Fires
• 33433.0%Structure Fires
• 10810.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 181.8%Other