In 2025, fire departments serving Vinita responded to 132 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
621 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $3.6M cumulative property loss. 6 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | — | |
| 2022 | 195 | +53.5% | |
| 2023 | 90 | -53.8% | |
| 2024 | 77 | -14.4% | |
| 2025 | 132 | +71.4% |
For the 10 building fires Vinita departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 340 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 | 70 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 43 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 43 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 30 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 15 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 67 | 19.7% |
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 Vinita mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 54.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 37 | 10.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Vinita departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 94% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Vinita sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 3 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 106,365 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,787 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 12,468 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4,341 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,758 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,706 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,580 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,500 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 45.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,310 | 45.1 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 Vinita. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
3 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Vinita.
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.