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Bald Knob: 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 fire incidents per year is 67. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 92 took place in 2010, and the least - 42 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Arkansas median value.


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

Bald Knob:	8 minutes
Bradford:	7 minutes
Searcy:	5 minutes
Augusta:	5 minutes
McRae:	8 minutes
Beebe:	5 minutes
Newport:	4 minutes
Rose Bud:	2 minutes
Heber Springs:	6 minutes

31.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,137 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during January, and the least (5.8%) in May.
Out of all 1,490 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (76.3%), Hazardous Condition (12.6%), and Good Intent Call (4.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bald Knob, AR
• 1,13776.3%Fire
• 18712.6%Hazardous Condition
• 704.7%Good Intent Call
• 332.2%Rescue & EMS
• 251.7%False Alarm
• 241.6%Service Call
• 90.6%Severe Weather
• 50.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (51.1%), and Structure Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bald Knob, AR
• 58151.1%Outside Fires
• 38734.0%Structure Fires
• 16514.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.4%Other