In 2025, fire departments serving Catoosa responded to 120 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
733 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $664K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 104 | — | |
| 2022 | 201 | +93.3% | |
| 2023 | 189 | -6.0% | |
| 2024 | 119 | -37.0% | |
| 2025 | 120 | +0.8% |
For the 9 building fires Catoosa departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 246 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 | Outside area, other | 57 | 23.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 16 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Other | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 54 | 22.0% |
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 Catoosa mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 39.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 24 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 21 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Match | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 46 | 18.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Catoosa departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $4,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,500 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,500 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Catoosa sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 311,850 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Smoking | 58,501 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,787 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21,860 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 17,683 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,910 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 12,468 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10,216 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 31.0 mi |
Top 10 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 Catoosa. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Catoosa.
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.