In 2025, fire departments serving Fletcher responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
118 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $85K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022* | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | -27.1% | |
| 2025 | 20 | -42.9% |
* Well below Fletcher'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 Fletcher departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 73 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 | 22 | 30.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 21.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 4 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 6.8% |
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 Fletcher mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 37.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 9.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Fletcher sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 224,966 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 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,824 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,200 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,835 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,500 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Firearms and explosives use | 10,471 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 10,206 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8,000 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,880 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,782 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,766 | 31.4 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 Fletcher. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Fletcher.
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.