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Prairie Grove: 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 65. The highest number of fire incidents - 97 took place in 2010, and the least - 36 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Prairie Grove:	9 minutes
Farmington:	6 minutes
Lincoln:	10 minutes
Fayetteville:	5 minutes
Elkins:	8 minutes
Springdale:	5 minutes
Siloam Springs:	6 minutes
Lowell:	5 minutes
Gentry:	8 minutes

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,106 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.2%) took place during January, and the least (3.2%) in May.
Out of all 5,243 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.1%), Fire (21.1%), and Good Intent Call (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Prairie Grove, AR
• 3,41165.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,10621.1%Fire
• 4037.7%Good Intent Call
• 2063.9%Hazardous Condition
• 771.5%False Alarm
• 360.7%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.8%), and Outside Fires (44.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Prairie Grove, AR
• 50745.8%Structure Fires
• 48944.2%Outside Fires
• 978.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.2%Other