In 2025, fire departments serving Krebs responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
186 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $338K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | — | |
| 2022 | 77 | +24.2% | |
| 2023* | 11 | — | |
| 2024* | 3 | — | |
| 2025 | 33 | — |
* Well below Krebs'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 5 building fires Krebs departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 79 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 | 27 | 34.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 15 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 11.4% |
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 Krebs mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 60.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 1 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 6.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Krebs departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $35,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Krebs sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 192,118 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21,860 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,299 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,436 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,600 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,500 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9,429 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,680 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,750 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,700 | 35.8 mi |
Top 3 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 Krebs. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Krebs.
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.