In 2025, fire departments serving Oran responded to 15 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 87% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $972K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | -50.0% | |
| 2024 | 8 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 15 | +87.5% |
* Well below Oran'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 8 building fires Oran departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 16 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 | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 6.2% |
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 Oran mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 81.2% | |
| 2 | Fireworks | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Oran departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oran sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,754 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 569 | 11.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 429 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 409 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 276 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 273 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 245 | 25.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 244 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 185 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 | 48.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 170 | 39.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 161 | 39.3 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 Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Oran. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Oran.
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.