In 2025, fire departments serving Woodward responded to 90 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 42% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
533 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.4M cumulative property loss. 9 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | 133 | +70.5% | |
| 2023 | 122 | -8.3% | |
| 2024 | 110 | -9.8% | |
| 2025 | 90 | -18.2% |
For the 9 building fires Woodward departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 243 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 | Outside area, other | 61 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 41 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 11 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 53 | 21.8% |
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 Woodward mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 127 | 52.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 17 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 33 | 13.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodward departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodward sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 2 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,857,947 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 | 662,700 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 367,740 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 | 41.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,000 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69,396 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62,481 | 10.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57,167 | 6.5 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,790 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44,234 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,497 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,611 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,488 | 5.7 mi |
Top 5 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 Woodward. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Woodward.
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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.