In 2025, fire departments serving Cache responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $15K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
201 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $70K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022* | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | 62 | — | |
| 2024 | 44 | -29.0% | |
| 2025 | 26 | -40.9% |
* Well below Cache'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 Cache departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 83 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 | 22 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 10 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 7 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 16 | 19.3% |
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 Cache mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 36 | 43.4% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 10.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cache departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cache sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 179,202 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39,907 | 5.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18,000 | 49.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,835 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Firearms and explosives use | 10,471 | 4.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 10,206 | 4.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8,000 | 39.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,782 | 3.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,760 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5,430 | 12.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 | 4.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4,500 | 44.9 mi |
Top 3 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 Cache. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Cache.
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.