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Texarkana: 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 265. The highest number of fires - 388 took place in 2005, and the least - 200 in 2008. The data has a declining trend.


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

Texarkana:	83.2
Hope:	121.6
De Queen:	18.3
Magnolia:	74.6

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


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

Texarkana:	5 minutes
Fouke:	10 minutes
Ashdown:	7 minutes
Hope:	4 minutes
Nashville:	7 minutes
Waldo:	9 minutes
Magnolia:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Arkansas value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Texarkana:

3.1

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 5. The highest number of reported casualties - 11 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 1 in 2015. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 21. This indicator was the highest - 51 in 2018, and the lowest 4 in 2015. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Arkansas value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Texarkana:	20.7
Fouke:	0.0
Ashdown:	1.2
Hope:	0.5
Nashville:	2.4
Waldo:	1.6
Magnolia:	2.6

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 4,497 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in November.
Out of all 12,797 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.1%), Hazardous Condition (18.1%), and Rescue & EMS (16.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Texarkana, AR
• 4,49735.1%Fire
• 2,31418.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2,10616.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,53912.0%Service Call
• 1,2429.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,0568.3%False Alarm
• 200.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 190.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.1%), and Outside Fires (40.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Texarkana, AR
• 1,84941.1%Structure Fires
• 1,81140.3%Outside Fires
• 75816.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 791.8%Other