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Walls: 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 fire incidents per year is 61. The highest number of reported fires - 101 took place in 2010, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Walls:	8 minutes
Horn Lake:	4 minutes
Southaven:	5 minutes
Hernando:	8 minutes
West Memphis:	5 minutes
Marion:	7 minutes
Olive Branch:	6 minutes
Hughes:	5 minutes
Coldwater:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 42 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Walls:	2.9
Horn Lake:	21.5
Southaven:	17.6
Hernando:	3.2
West Memphis:	8.2
Marion:	0.0
Olive Branch:	2.8
Hughes:	0.0
Coldwater:	5.1

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.7%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,041 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.9%) in November.
Out of all 3,339 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.4%), Fire (31.2%), and Hazardous Condition (9.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Walls, MS
• 1,58447.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,04131.2%Fire
• 3159.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1524.6%False Alarm
• 1253.7%Good Intent Call
• 1043.1%Service Call
• 120.4%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.7%), and Outside Fires (42.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Walls, MS
• 44442.7%Structure Fires
• 44242.5%Outside Fires
• 13613.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 191.8%Other