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Lavaca: 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 40. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 77 took place in 2011, and the least - 20 in 2014. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Lavaca:	6 minutes
Charleston:	8 minutes
Greenwood:	8 minutes
Alma:	8 minutes
Van Buren:	5 minutes
Fort Smith:	3 minutes
Mulberry:	9 minutes
Mansfield:	9 minutes
Booneville:	12 minutes

20.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 79.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 687 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during January, and the least (2.3%) in May.
Out of all 1,817 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (47.1%), Fire (37.8%), and Rescue & EMS (5.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lavaca, AR
• 85547.1%Rescue & EMS
• 68737.8%Fire
• 995.4%Hazardous Condition
• 985.4%Good Intent Call
• 261.4%False Alarm
• 241.3%Service Call
• 241.3%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (67.0%), and Structure Fires (24.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lavaca, AR
• 46067.0%Outside Fires
• 16724.3%Structure Fires
• 497.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 111.6%Other