In 2025, fire departments serving Burns Flat responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
121 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $859K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | 35 | +20.7% | |
| 2024 | 25 | -28.6% | |
| 2025 | 31 | +24.0% |
* Well below Burns Flat'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 1 building fires Burns Flat departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 77 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 | 74 | 96.1% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 1.3% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 1.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 1.3% |
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 Burns Flat mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 76 | 98.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Burns Flat departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $45,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $250 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $200 | Attempt to burn | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Burns Flat sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 436,209 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,790 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,400 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,835 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,530 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5,000 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 4,196 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,900 | 44.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3,410 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 40.5 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 Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Burns Flat. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Burns Flat.
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.