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Elgin: Fire Incidents in 2006, Oklahoma (OK)

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2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 18
Location: Wolf Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Fletcher, North, Fletcher, OK 73541,  Phone: (580) 549-6555,  Fax: (580) 549-6555,  ID: 16005,  Incident #: 2006015
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 02/04/2006 11:09,  Arrival Time: 02/04/2006 11:15,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/04/2006 11:18
Actions taken:
  • Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
  • Canceled en route.
Location: Northeast Tony Creek Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Fletcher, North, Fletcher, OK 73541,  Phone: (580) 549-6555,  Fax: (580) 549-6555,  ID: 16005,  Incident #: 2006017
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 02/11/2006 13:21,  Arrival Time: 02/11/2006 13:30,  Controlled Time: 02/11/2006 17:00,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/11/2006 17:05
Actions taken:
  • Establish fire lines around wildfire perimeter.
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Control fire (wildland).
Acres Burned #: 200
On Site Materials:
  • Trees, plants, flowers
  • Hay, straw
  • Timber
Area of Origin: Open area - outside,  Heat Source: Arcing,  Item First Ignited: Heavy vegetation - not crop, including trees
Cause of Ignition: Cause under investigation
  • Arc, spark from operating equipment
  • High wind
  • Drought or low fuel moisture
  • Humidity low
  • Wind, including hurricanes or tornadoes
Location: Harned Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Fletcher, North, Fletcher, OK 73541,  Phone: (580) 549-6555,  Fax: (580) 549-6555,  ID: 16005,  Incident #: 2006019
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 02/16/2006 11:53,  Arrival Time: 02/16/2006 11:57,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/16/2006 11:57
Action taken: Canceled en route.
Location: State Highway 17 Highway, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Fletcher, North, Fletcher, OK 73541,  Phone: (580) 549-6555,  Fax: (580) 549-6555,  ID: 16005,  Incident #: 2006028
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 03/12/2006 16:55,  Arrival Time: 03/12/2006 17:03,  Controlled Time: 03/12/2006 18:30,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 03/12/2006 18:40
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Establish fire lines around wildfire perimeter.
  • Provide water. Includes tanker shuttle operations and pumping in a relay or from a water source. Excludes normal fire suppression operations.
Acres Burned #: 5
On Site Materials:
  • Hay, straw
  • Trees, plants, flowers
Area of Origin: Highway, parking lot, street: on or near,  Heat Source: Cigarette,  Item First Ignited: Light vegetation - not crop, including grass
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
  • High wind
  • Misuse of material or product, other
Location: Lake Ellsworth, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Lawton, OK 73501,  ID: 16008,  Incident #: 6001233,  Station: 7,  Shift/Platoon: C
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 02/11/2006 13:53,  Arrival Time: 02/11/2006 14:14,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/11/2006 17:52
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Acres Burned #: 200
Area of Origin: Open area - outside,  Item First Ignited: Light vegetation - not crop, including grass
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
  • Wind, including hurricanes or tornadoes
  • Drought or low fuel moisture
Location: Unspecified, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Edgewater Park, 304 S Hilltop, Apache, OK 73006,  Phone: (580) 588-2549,  ID: 16014,  Incident #: 10
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 02/11/2006 13:51,  Arrival Time: 02/11/2006 14:09,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/11/2006 16:47
Actions taken:
  • Contain fire (wildland).
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Location: king and happy hollow, elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Edgewater Park, 304 S Hilltop, Apache, OK 73006,  Phone: (580) 588-2549,  ID: 16014,  Incident #: 15
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 03/15/2006 12:17,  Arrival Time: 03/15/2006 12:29,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 03/15/2006 15:58
Action taken: Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Location: Unspecified, Elgin, KS 73538
Fire Department: Edgewater Park, 304 S Hilltop, Apache, OK 73006,  Phone: (580) 588-2549,  ID: 16014,  Incident #: 20
Incident Type: Natural vegetation fire, other.
Alarm Time: 03/26/2006 17:05,  Arrival Time: 03/26/2006 17:15,  Controlled Time: 03/26/2006 18:15,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 03/26/2006 19:30
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Incident command. Includes providing support to incident command activities.
Acres Burned #: 50
Area of Origin: Open area - outside
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
  • High wind
  • Drought or low fuel moisture
  • Wind, including hurricanes or tornadoes
Location: Unspecified, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Edgewater Park, 304 S Hilltop, Apache, OK 73006,  Phone: (580) 588-2549,  ID: 16014,  Incident #: 31
Incident Type: Building fire
Alarm Time: 05/23/2006 15:13,  Arrival Time: 05/23/2006 15:23,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 05/23/2006 16:03
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Provide manpower. Includes providing manpower to assist rescue/ambulance units lift patients or providing manpower to assist police.
  • Provide apparatus.
Location: Unspecified, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Edgewater Park, 304 S Hilltop, Apache, OK 73006,  Phone: (580) 588-2549,  ID: 16014,  Incident #: 55
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 08/15/2006 16:25,  Arrival Time: 08/15/2006 16:30,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/15/2006 16:40
Action taken: Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Location: Bonnofield Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Edgewater Park, 304 S Hilltop, Apache, OK 73006,  Phone: (580) 588-2549,  ID: 16014,  Incident #: 89
Incident Type: Fire in mobile home used as a fixed residence. Includes mobile homes when not in transit and used as a structure for residential purposes; and manufactured homes built on a permanent chassis.
Alarm Time: 12/21/2006 11:22,  Arrival Time: 12/21/2006 11:29,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 12/21/2006 12:11
Actions taken:
  • Provide apparatus.
  • Provide manpower. Includes providing manpower to assist rescue/ambulance units lift patients or providing manpower to assist police.
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Location: Hwy 277 & Tony Creek, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Meers, OK 73501,  ID: 16017,  Incident #: 2006015
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 02/11/2006 13:16,  Arrival Time: 02/11/2006 14:17,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/11/2006 15:44
Action taken: Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Location: Tony Creek Rd, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Cove Acres, Po Box 402, Elgin, OK 73538,  Phone: (580) 704-6478,  Fax: (580) 492-6477,  ID: 16019,  Incident #: 5
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 02/11/2006 13:20,  Arrival Time: 02/11/2006 13:30,  Controlled Time: 02/11/2006 17:56,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/11/2006 18:30
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Control fire (wildland).
  • Operate apparatus or vehicle.
Location: Unspecified, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Cove Acres, Po Box 402, Elgin, OK 73538,  Phone: (580) 704-6478,  Fax: (580) 492-6477,  ID: 16019,  Incident #: 25
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 07/04/2006 20:00,  Arrival Time: 07/04/2006 20:10,  Controlled Time: 07/04/2006 23:55,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 07/04/2006 23:59
Actions taken:
  • Provide equipment, where equipment is used by another agency.
  • Provide water. Includes tanker shuttle operations and pumping in a relay or from a water source. Excludes normal fire suppression operations.
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Acres Burned #: 1
Area of Origin: Open area - outside,  Heat Source: Fireworks,  Item First Ignited: Light vegetation - not crop, including grass
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
Location: Watts Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Cove Acres, Po Box 402, Elgin, OK 73538,  Phone: (580) 704-6478,  Fax: (580) 492-6477,  ID: 16019,  Incident #: 28
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 07/24/2006 13:27,  Arrival Time: 07/24/2006 13:48,  Controlled Time: 07/24/2006 15:59,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 07/24/2006 16:40
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Contain fire (wildland).
  • Provide water. Includes tanker shuttle operations and pumping in a relay or from a water source. Excludes normal fire suppression operations.
Acres Burned #: 10,  On Site Materials: Construction & home improvement products
Area of Origin: Open area - outside,  Heat Source: Hot ember or ash,  Item First Ignited: Light vegetation - not crop, including grass
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
  • Abandoned or discarded materials or products
  • High wind
  • Multiple persons involved
Location: Welch Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Cove Acres, Po Box 402, Elgin, OK 73538,  Phone: (580) 704-6478,  Fax: (580) 492-6477,  ID: 16019,  Incident #: 32
Incident Type: Fire in structure, other than in a building.
Alarm Time: 08/07/2006 17:54,  Arrival Time: 08/07/2006 18:07,  Controlled Time: 08/07/2006 19:58,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/07/2006 20:38
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Provide manpower. Includes providing manpower to assist rescue/ambulance units lift patients or providing manpower to assist police.
  • Provide apparatus.
Location: King Road, Elgin, OK 73538
Fire Department: Paradise Valley, 6851 NW Meers-Porterhill, Lawton, OK 73507,  ID: 16020,  Incident #: 2006027
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 03/15/2006 12:49,  Arrival Time: 03/15/2006 13:15,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 03/15/2006 16:18
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Provide water. Includes tanker shuttle operations and pumping in a relay or from a water source. Excludes normal fire suppression operations.
  • Provide apparatus.
Location: Unspecified, Elgin, OK 72588
Fire Department: Central High, RT 3 Box 240C, Marlow, OK 73055,  Phone: (580) 467-6663,  ID: 69012,  Incident #: 2006029,  Shift/Platoon: B
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 02/12/2006 13:30,  Arrival Time: 02/12/2006 14:05,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/12/2006 17:00
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Contain fire (wildland).
  • Control fire (wildland).

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