In 2025, fire departments serving Guy responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
48 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 14 | +40.0% | |
| 2023 | 8 | -42.9% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
* Well below Guy's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Guy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | Other | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Guy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Guy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 24,874 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,983 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,779 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,653 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,591 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,401 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,052 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,032 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,004 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 850 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 825 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 736 | 31.5 mi |
Top 2 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 Guy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Guy.
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.