In 2025, fire departments serving Wayne responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 67% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
196 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $569K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | 54 | — | |
| 2023 | 41 | -24.1% | |
| 2024 | 50 | +22.0% | |
| 2025 | 30 | -40.0% |
* Well below Wayne'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 Wayne departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 18 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 5 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 3.3% |
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 Wayne mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 63.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Wayne departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $12,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Wayne sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 255,266 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 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26,000 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,824 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,200 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,500 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,577 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,954 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8,000 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,880 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 14.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,766 | 21.5 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 Wayne. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Wayne.
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.