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Harrisburg: 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 73. The highest number of fires - 137 took place in 2006, and the least - 8 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

Harrisburg:	8 minutes
Trumann:	3 minutes
Marked Tree:	6 minutes
Jonesboro:	5 minutes
Wynne:	4 minutes
Bono:	8 minutes
Earle:	5 minutes
Newport:	4 minutes
Paragould:	4 minutes

24.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.1%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,249 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in August.
Out of all 1,953 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (64.0%), Rescue & EMS (32.8%), and Good Intent Call (1.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Harrisburg, AR
• 1,24964.0%Fire
• 64032.8%Rescue & EMS
• 211.1%Good Intent Call
• 180.9%Hazardous Condition
• 80.4%False Alarm
• 50.3%Service Call
• 50.3%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.7%), and Structure Fires (30.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Harrisburg, AR
• 68354.7%Outside Fires
• 38530.8%Structure Fires
• 14711.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 342.7%Other