West Helena: Fire Incidents, Arkansas (AR)
Where are fire incidents reported in West Helena, AR
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Helena, AR
- 68669.6%Fire
- 11611.8%False Alarm
- 626.3%Hazardous Condition
- 545.5%Good Intent Call
- 535.4%Rescue & EMS
- 111.1%Service Call
- 30.3%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Helena, AR
- 33148.3%Structure Fires
- 21331.0%Outside Fires
- 12918.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 131.9%Other
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 - 133 took place in 2005, and the least - 4 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Helena, AR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| West Helena: | 11.5 |
| Helena: | 79.6 |
| Forrest City: | 64.1 |
| Wynne: | 121.5 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is much lower compared to the state median value.The median response time in West Helena, AR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| West Helena: | 3 minutes |
| Helena-West Helena: | 3 minutes |
| Helena: | 3 minutes |
| Marianna: | 5 minutes |
| Hughes: | 5 minutes |
| Forrest City: | 4 minutes |
| Brinkley: | 6 minutes |
| Wynne: | 4 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in West Helena, AR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| West Helena: | 7.3 |
| Helena-West Helena: | 12.4 |
| Helena: | 3.4 |
| Marianna: | 0.0 |
| Hughes: | 0.0 |
| Forrest City: | 7.5 |
| Brinkley: | 0.0 |
| Wynne: | 1.7 |
32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 686 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during July, and the least (6.7%) in May.
Out of all 985 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (69.6%), Good Intent Call (11.8%), and Rescue & EMS (6.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.3%), and Outside Fires (31.0%).