In 2025, fire departments serving Welling responded to 79 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
106 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $250 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023* | 10 | — | |
| 2024* | 4 | — | |
| 2025 | 79 | — |
* Well below Welling'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 Welling departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 92 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 | 74 | 80.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 5 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 1.1% |
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 Welling mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 94.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.3% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Welling sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 103,323 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 | 17.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,080 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,120 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,370 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,050 | 3.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,960 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,900 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 49.4 mi |
Top 6 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 Welling. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Welling.
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.