Arkansas
The State Fire Marshal publishes exact statewide annual totals but no county breakdown, and the public data collector is not populated at the county level.
Why this state isn't scored
The Fireground Index scores one comparable metric — the civilian fire-death rate — computed from exact per-county death counts and Census population. For Arkansas, no public source provides those counts completely and unsuppressed for all 75 counties. Rather than publish estimated, partial, or suppressed figures, the state is shown here transparently.
Sources checked
| Source | What it provides |
|---|---|
| Arkansas State Fire Marshal (Dept of Public Safety) | Publishes statewide annual totals (e.g., 2024 = 27) but no per-county table. |
| NASFM Fire Fatality Data Hub — Arkansas | The county-bearing layer has 0 records (child rows orphaned). |
| AR Dept of Health / CDC WONDER | Residence-based and small-count suppressed. |
What failed the source gate
Every state must clear this public-source standard before it is scored:
- Public & authoritative (a state fire-marshal / fire-agency or primary record)
- County-level (or the jurisdiction's county-equivalents)
- Civilian fire deaths, incident-based (counted where the fire occurred; firefighter line-of-duty excluded)
- Exact counts — not rates, not statistically suppressed small cells
- All counties present, with zero-death counties verifiable (not ambiguous omission)
- A recent 5-year window, or a best-available clearly-labeled window
Not met for Arkansas:
- A per-county breakdown (published statewide only)
- Unsuppressed exact counts
- All 75 counties present
What data would unlock scoring
A per-county-of-occurrence civilian fire-death count table (all 75 counties, explicit zeros) for a recent window.
Could a records request unlock it?
Likely yes. The State Fire Marshal already publishes statewide totals, so a records request for the county-of-occurrence breakdown would unlock scoring.
Relevant office: Arkansas State Fire Marshal's Office (Dept of Public Safety)
Have this data? Help make Arkansas scoreable.
If you work with a state fire marshal’s office, fire-service data program, or public-health agency and can share a complete, per-county civilian fire-death dataset, we will evaluate it against the public-source standard and — if it qualifies — publish a fully-cited scorecard for Arkansas.
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