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Broken Bow: Fire Incidents, Oklahoma (OK)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 80. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 161 took place in 2004, and the least - 19 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Oklahoma median value.


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

Broken Bow:	7 minutes
Idabel:	5 minutes
Ashdown:	7 minutes
Hugo:	5 minutes
Mena:	6 minutes
Nashville:	7 minutes
Antlers:	8 minutes
Talihina:	12 minutes
Texarkana:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.
29.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,278 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during January, and the least (5.5%) in November.
Out of all 1,823 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (70.1%), Rescue & EMS (19.6%), and Hazardous Condition (4.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Broken Bow, OK
• 1,27870.1%Fire
• 35719.6%Rescue & EMS
• 874.8%Hazardous Condition
• 422.3%Good Intent Call
• 402.2%Service Call
• 80.4%False Alarm
• 50.3%Severe Weather
• 50.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.3%), and Structure Fires (38.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Broken Bow, OK
• 60447.3%Outside Fires
• 49138.4%Structure Fires
• 15912.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 241.9%Other