In 2025, fire departments serving Collinsville responded to 162 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
797 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $953K cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 147 | — | |
| 2022 | 231 | +57.1% | |
| 2023 | 160 | -30.7% | |
| 2024 | 97 | -39.4% | |
| 2025 | 162 | +67.0% |
For the 8 building fires Collinsville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 332 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 | 75 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 68 | 20.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 52 | 15.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 50 | 15.1% |
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 Collinsville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 179 | 53.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 40 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Collinsville departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $3,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $400 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Collinsville 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 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 304,452 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 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,787 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20,307 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 17,683 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,910 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 12,468 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 11,382 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10,216 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 24.3 mi |
Top 6 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 Collinsville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Collinsville.
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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.