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Alva: 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 64. The highest number of reported fires - 92 took place in 2008, and the least - 42 in 2017. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Alva:	99.2
Woodward:	133.7
Enid:	28.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Oklahoma median value.


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

Alva:	8 minutes
Fairview:	11 minutes
Mooreland:	0 minutes
Seiling:	10 minutes
Woodward:	9 minutes
Enid:	4 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 reported deaths - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 47 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Oklahoma value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.



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

Alva:	3.7
Fairview:	1.6
Mooreland:	0.0
Seiling:	0.0
Woodward:	1.7
Enid:	12.9

26.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.2%) on Monday.
According to the 1,080 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during July, and the least (4.7%) in October.
Out of all 4,677 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (31.8%), Hazardous Condition (30.1%), and Fire (23.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Alva, OK
• 1,48631.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,40930.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,08023.1%Fire
• 2986.4%Service Call
• 2084.4%Good Intent Call
• 1683.6%False Alarm
• 150.3%Special Incident
• 70.1%Severe Weather
• 60.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (67.7%), and Structure Fires (15.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Alva, OK
• 73167.7%Outside Fires
• 17015.7%Structure Fires
• 12111.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 585.4%Other