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Cave City: 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 48. The highest number of fire incidents - 92 took place in 2017, and the least - 15 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Arkansas median value.


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

Cave City:	7 minutes
Batesville:	4 minutes
Ash Flat:	6 minutes
Melbourne:	10 minutes
Cherokee Village:	5 minutes
Hardy:	10 minutes
Newport:	4 minutes
Mountain View:	9 minutes
Hoxie:	6 minutes

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Friday.
Based on the 815 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.4%) in May.
Out of all 1,306 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (62.4%), Rescue & EMS (21.7%), and Good Intent Call (5.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cave City, AR
• 81562.4%Fire
• 28421.7%Rescue & EMS
• 735.6%Good Intent Call
• 725.5%False Alarm
• 322.5%Hazardous Condition
• 161.2%Service Call
• 70.5%Special Incident
• 50.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (66.3%), and Structure Fires (21.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cave City, AR
• 54066.3%Outside Fires
• 17821.8%Structure Fires
• 8410.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.6%Other