In 2025, fire departments serving Vian responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $14K 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 77% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
30 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $37K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 7 | +75.0% | |
| 2023* | 3 | — | |
| 2024* | 3 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | — |
* Well below Vian'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 Vian departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | 10 | 52.6% | |
| 2 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 5.3% |
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 Vian mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Vian departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $8,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Vian sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 123,696 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 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 25.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,436 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,080 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,540 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,240 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,370 | 9.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,160 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,050 | 24.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,000 | 38.7 mi |
Top 2 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 Vian. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Vian.
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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.