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Huntsville: Fire Incidents, Arkansas (AR)

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 52. The highest number of fire incidents - 101 took place in 2016, and the least - 10 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Huntsville:	11 minutes
Elkins:	8 minutes
Berryville:	9 minutes
Eureka Springs:	8 minutes
Springdale:	5 minutes
Fayetteville:	5 minutes
Green Forest:	11 minutes
Lowell:	5 minutes
Rogers:	6 minutes

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 879 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.1%) in May.
Out of all 3,711 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (65.3%), Fire (23.7%), and Service Call (5.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Huntsville, AR
• 2,42265.3%Rescue & EMS
• 87923.7%Fire
• 1895.1%Good Intent Call
• 942.5%Hazardous Condition
• 631.7%False Alarm
• 511.4%Service Call
• 70.2%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (49.7%), and Structure Fires (35.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Huntsville, AR
• 43749.7%Outside Fires
• 31235.5%Structure Fires
• 10411.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 263.0%Other