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Ash Flat: 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 36. The highest number of fires - 51 took place in 2011, and the least - 13 in 2013. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Arkansas median value.


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

Ash Flat:	6 minutes
Cherokee Village:	5 minutes
Hardy:	10 minutes
Cave City:	7 minutes
Melbourne:	10 minutes
Viola:	10 minutes
Batesville:	4 minutes
Pocahontas:	5 minutes
Hoxie:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
24.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 609 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (23.0%) took place during March, and the least (3.4%) in September.
Out of all 2,444 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (52.9%), Fire (24.9%), and Hazardous Condition (10.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ash Flat, AR
• 1,29352.9%Rescue & EMS
• 60924.9%Fire
• 26610.9%Service Call
• 1616.6%Good Intent Call
• 652.7%False Alarm
• 441.8%Hazardous Condition
• 30.1%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (64.9%), and Structure Fires (19.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ash Flat, AR
• 39564.9%Outside Fires
• 11819.4%Structure Fires
• 6510.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 315.1%Other