In 2025, fire departments serving Madill responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Madill's departments reported 59 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 121 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
603 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 181 | — | |
| 2022 | 147 | -18.8% | |
| 2023 | 105 | -28.6% | |
| 2024 | 111 | +5.7% | |
| 2025* | 59 | — |
* Well below Madill'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 Madill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 117 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 | 18 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 34 | 29.1% |
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 Madill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Madill departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $12,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $8,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $3,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Madill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 172,291 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,688 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,200 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,577 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 8,000 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,600 | 25.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 4,800 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4,500 | 40.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,360 | 29.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,119 | 20.6 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 Madill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Madill.
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.