In 2025, fire departments serving Beebe responded to 214 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
780 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | — | |
| 2022 | 151 | +18.9% | |
| 2023 | 155 | +2.6% | |
| 2024 | 133 | -14.2% | |
| 2025 | 214 | +60.9% |
For the 18 building fires Beebe departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 474 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 153 | 32.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 130 | 27.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Function area, other | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 50 | 10.5% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Beebe mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 354 | 74.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 59 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 1.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 1.3% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 0.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 0.8% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 0.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 15 | 3.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Beebe sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,761 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,779 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 776 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 636 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 524 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 456 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 441 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 367 | 7.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 343 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 303 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 282 | 40.0 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Arkansas cities with population within ±25% of Beebe. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Beebe.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.