In 2025, fire departments serving White Hall responded to 67 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $273K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
425 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $2.0M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 84 | — | |
| 2022 | 135 | +60.7% | |
| 2023 | 77 | -43.0% | |
| 2024 | 62 | -19.5% | |
| 2025 | 67 | +8.1% |
For the 9 building fires White Hall departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 204 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 53 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 13 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Other | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 40 | 19.6% |
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 White Hall mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 77 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 21 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Match | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 27 | 13.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by White Hall departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $272,900 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $79,999 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $55,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $9,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. White Hall sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 9,788 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,070 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 495 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 486 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 343 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 336 | 11.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 307 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 267 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 226 | 8.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 221 | 15.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 210 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 | 21.8 mi |
Top 5 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 White Hall. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.