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Sheridan: 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 107. The highest number of fires - 173 took place in 2010, and the least - 50 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Arkansas median value.


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

Sheridan:	10 minutes
White Hall:	8 minutes
Hensley:	10 minutes
Bauxite:	10 minutes
Benton:	6 minutes
Bryant:	5 minutes
Alexander:	9 minutes
Pine Bluff:	4 minutes
Malvern:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.
28.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,826 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in May.
Out of all 4,348 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.0%), Rescue & EMS (23.9%), and Hazardous Condition (12.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sheridan, AR
• 1,82642.0%Fire
• 1,03823.9%Rescue & EMS
• 54012.4%Hazardous Condition
• 3648.4%Service Call
• 3267.5%Good Intent Call
• 1844.2%False Alarm
• 661.5%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (48.3%), and Structure Fires (38.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sheridan, AR
• 88248.3%Outside Fires
• 70238.4%Structure Fires
• 21011.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 321.8%Other