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Broken Arrow: Fire Incidents, Oklahoma (OK)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 297. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 414 took place in 2005, and the least - 170 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Broken Arrow, OK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Broken Arrow:	20.0
Bixby:	20.1
Coweta:	31.5
Catoosa:	95.6
Tulsa:	50.9
Jenks:	35.9
Glenpool:	49.5
Owasso:	34.9
Sapulpa:	90.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the Oklahoma median value.


The median response time in Broken Arrow, OK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Broken Arrow:	6 minutes
Bixby:	5 minutes
Coweta:	6 minutes
Catoosa:	7 minutes
Tulsa:	4 minutes
Jenks:	5 minutes
Glenpool:	4 minutes
Inola:	9 minutes
Owasso:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Oklahoma value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Broken Arrow, OK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Broken Arrow:	1.4
Tulsa:	3.1
Sapulpa:	1.1
Sand Springs:	1.6
Claremore:	0.9
Muskogee:	2.9

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Broken Arrow, OK compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Broken Arrow:	5.7
Bixby:	1.0
Coweta:	0.0
Catoosa:	1.7
Tulsa:	5.8
Jenks:	0.0
Glenpool:	2.5
Inola:	4.4
Owasso:	2.1

26.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Monday.
According to the 5,045 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during January, and the least (5.6%) in September.
Out of all 53,034 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (68.6%), Fire (9.5%), and Good Intent Call (6.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Broken Arrow, OK
• 36,39068.6%Rescue & EMS
• 5,0459.5%Fire
• 3,2766.2%Good Intent Call
• 3,0265.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2,9215.5%Service Call
• 2,2244.2%False Alarm
• 770.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (54.0%), and Structure Fires (27.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Broken Arrow, OK
• 2,72354.0%Outside Fires
• 1,37327.2%Structure Fires
• 69613.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2535.0%Other