In 2025, fire departments serving Caddo responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $125K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
139 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $561K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | 45 | — | |
| 2023 | 30 | -33.3% | |
| 2024* | 15 | — | |
| 2025 | 34 | — |
* Well below Caddo'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 3 building fires Caddo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | Undetermined | 11 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 6.2% |
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 Caddo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 59.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Caddo departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $125,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Caddo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 89,564 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 | 19.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,700 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,600 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,900 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,700 | 27.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 35.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,119 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 25.6 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 Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Caddo. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.