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Diamondhead: 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 31. The highest number of fire incidents - 64 took place in 2005, and the least - 10 in 2013. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Diamondhead, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Diamondhead:	24.9
Waveland:	76.9
Pass Christian:	159.5
Long Beach:	30.0
Gulfport:	58.2
Picayune:	170.6
Biloxi:	53.3
Ocean Springs:	102.1
Vancleave:	115.5

33.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (10.9%) on Monday.
According to the 497 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during June, and the least (5.6%) in February.
Out of all 4,857 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.2%), Service Call (12.0%), and Fire (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Diamondhead, MS
• 3,02062.2%Rescue & EMS
• 58112.0%Service Call
• 49710.2%Fire
• 3056.3%Good Intent Call
• 2465.1%False Alarm
• 1813.7%Hazardous Condition
• 130.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.2%Severe Weather
• 60.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (48.7%), and Structure Fires (28.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Diamondhead, MS
• 24248.7%Outside Fires
• 13928.0%Structure Fires
• 9218.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 244.8%Other