In 2025, fire departments serving Jenks responded to 102 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
462 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.6M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | — | |
| 2022 | 178 | +7.9% | |
| 2023* | 8 | — | |
| 2024* | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 102 | — |
* Well below Jenks'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 4 building fires Jenks departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 165 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 | 51 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 12 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 25 | 15.2% |
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 Jenks mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 52.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 10 | 6.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 26 | 15.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Jenks departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $8,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $7,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Jenks sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 303,127 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 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21,860 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 17,683 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 16,423 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,910 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10,216 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9,429 | 49.9 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 Jenks. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.