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Charleston: Fire Incidents, Arkansas (AR)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 33. The highest number of fire incidents - 48 took place in 2003, and the least - 8 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Arkansas median value.


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

Charleston:	8 minutes
Lavaca:	6 minutes
Booneville:	12 minutes
Greenwood:	8 minutes
Mulberry:	9 minutes
Alma:	8 minutes
Ozark:	7 minutes
Van Buren:	5 minutes
Mansfield:	9 minutes

23.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 562 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.4%) took place during January, and the least (3.9%) in May.
Out of all 1,044 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (53.8%), Rescue & EMS (33.1%), and Good Intent Call (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Charleston, AR
• 56253.8%Fire
• 34633.1%Rescue & EMS
• 858.1%Good Intent Call
• 292.8%Hazardous Condition
• 151.4%False Alarm
• 20.2%Service Call
• 20.2%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (64.1%), and Structure Fires (27.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Charleston, AR
• 36064.1%Outside Fires
• 15527.6%Structure Fires
• 386.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 91.6%Other