In 2025, fire departments serving Gore responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
14 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $8K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | — |
* Well below Gore'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 6 building fires Gore departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 4 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 | Storage area, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 25.0% |
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 Gore mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 50.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Gore departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Gore sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 118,081 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 15.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 19.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,080 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,540 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,240 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,121 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,370 | 9.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,160 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,050 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 36.9 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 | 74435 | 14 |
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Gore. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Gore.
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.