In 2025, fire departments serving Glenpool responded to 97 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $140K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
370 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $547K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 36 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023 | 126 | — | |
| 2024 | 107 | -15.1% | |
| 2025 | 97 | -9.3% |
* Well below Glenpool'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 Glenpool departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 102 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 | 19 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 18 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Other | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 22 | 21.6% |
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 Glenpool mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 52.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Glenpool departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $140,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $85,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $24,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $6,600 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $3,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Glenpool sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 289,904 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 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21,860 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 16,423 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,910 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10,216 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9,429 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,080 | 24.7 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74033 | 370 |
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Glenpool. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Glenpool.
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.