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Tupelo: 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 fires per year is 271. The highest number of fires - 365 took place in 2016, and the least - 119 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Tupelo, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Tupelo:	81.8
Saltillo:	171.9
Pontotoc:	260.7
New Albany:	165.4
Amory:	111.2
Booneville:	373.3
Aberdeen:	182.3
Ripley:	177.6
West Point:	91.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Mississippi median value.


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

Tupelo:	5 minutes
Verona:	5 minutes
Saltillo:	8 minutes
Shannon:	8 minutes
Blue Springs:	9 minutes
Nettleton:	9 minutes
Guntown:	9 minutes
Mantachie:	7 minutes
Pontotoc:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 5 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Tupelo, MS compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Tupelo:	2.8
New Albany:	0.8
Booneville:	2.5
Oxford:	2.5
Corinth:	2.0

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Mississippi value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Tupelo:	2.6
Verona:	3.1
Saltillo:	2.4
Shannon:	0.0
Blue Springs:	7.1
Nettleton:	4.2
Guntown:	0.9
Mantachie:	2.6
Pontotoc:	0.8

29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Tuesday.
According to the 4,614 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during March, and the least (7.0%) in November.
Out of all 24,216 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.2%), Fire (19.1%), and False Alarm (8.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tupelo, MS
• 13,36455.2%Rescue & EMS
• 4,61419.1%Fire
• 2,1218.8%False Alarm
• 1,6947.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4496.0%Good Intent Call
• 8923.7%Service Call
• 400.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.9%), and Structure Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tupelo, MS
• 1,97842.9%Outside Fires
• 1,56934.0%Structure Fires
• 83018.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2375.1%Other