In 2025, fire departments serving Roland responded to 40 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 65% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
216 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.1M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | 70 | +1.4% | |
| 2023 | 31 | -55.7% | |
| 2024* | 6 | — | |
| 2025 | 40 | — |
* Well below Roland'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 7 building fires Roland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 135 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 49 | 36.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 23 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 17 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 15.6% |
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 Roland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 50.4% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 9 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 7 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 4 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 17 | 12.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Roland departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $300 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Roland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 88,673 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 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,540 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,370 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,050 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,960 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,900 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,240 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,220 | 37.6 mi |
Top 4 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 Roland. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Roland.
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.