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Walnut Ridge: 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 fires per year is 54. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 87 took place in 2005, and the least - 5 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the Arkansas median value.


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

Walnut Ridge:	4 minutes
Hoxie:	6 minutes
Pocahontas:	5 minutes
Bono:	8 minutes
Jonesboro:	5 minutes
Paragould:	4 minutes
Hardy:	10 minutes
Cave City:	7 minutes
Newport:	4 minutes

26.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.8%) on Thursday.
According to the 912 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during June, and the least (5.3%) in August.
Out of all 3,918 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.6%), Fire (23.3%), and Hazardous Condition (20.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Walnut Ridge, AR
• 1,59040.6%Rescue & EMS
• 91223.3%Fire
• 81220.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2827.2%Service Call
• 1945.0%Good Intent Call
• 972.5%False Alarm
• 160.4%Severe Weather
• 80.2%Special Incident
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.1%), and Structure Fires (34.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Walnut Ridge, AR
• 43948.1%Outside Fires
• 31434.4%Structure Fires
• 13514.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 242.6%Other