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Hughes: Fire Incidents, Arkansas (AR)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 37. The highest number of reported fires - 83 took place in 2007, and the least - 13 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Hughes:	5 minutes
Forrest City:	4 minutes
Marianna:	5 minutes
West Memphis:	5 minutes
Earle:	5 minutes
Marion:	7 minutes
Wynne:	4 minutes
West Helena:	3 minutes
Helena-West Helena:	3 minutes

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 637 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during June, and the least (4.1%) in December.
Out of all 1,168 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (54.5%), Rescue & EMS (28.5%), and Hazardous Condition (11.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hughes, AR
• 63754.5%Fire
• 33328.5%Rescue & EMS
• 13311.4%Hazardous Condition
• 262.2%Good Intent Call
• 191.6%False Alarm
• 121.0%Service Call
• 40.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.1%), and Structure Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hughes, AR
• 30047.1%Outside Fires
• 19831.1%Structure Fires
• 11818.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.3%Other