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Norman: 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 372. The highest number of fires - 620 took place in 2012, and the least - 257 in 2010. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Norman:	24.7
Noble:	111.9
Moore:	24.7
Newcastle:	57.9
Blanchard:	225.7
Purcell:	120.4
Del City:	42.6
Midwest City:	30.6
Oklahoma City:	37.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Oklahoma median value.


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

Norman:	7 minutes
Noble:	8 minutes
Moore:	4 minutes
Newcastle:	6 minutes
Blanchard:	10 minutes
Purcell:	6 minutes
Lexington:	10 minutes
Del City:	3 minutes
Midwest City:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a declining trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Oklahoma value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.


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

Norman:	3.8
Moore:	1.1
Midwest City:	4.7
Oklahoma City:	3.1
Shawnee:	0.4
Edmond:	1.2
Chickasha:	2.2

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 4. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2016. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 10. This indicator was the highest - 23 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2016. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Oklahoma value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Norman:	9.7
Noble:	2.3
Moore:	22.1
Newcastle:	0.9
Blanchard:	4.6
Purcell:	5.2
Lexington:	0.0
Del City:	18.8
Midwest City:	19.4

27.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 6,316 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during August, and the least (5.6%) in October.
Out of all 77,376 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.8%), Good Intent Call (12.9%), and Fire (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Norman, OK
• 45,47558.8%Rescue & EMS
• 10,01912.9%Good Intent Call
• 6,3168.2%Fire
• 5,7397.4%Service Call
• 5,3917.0%Hazardous Condition
• 4,2785.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (55.4%), and Structure Fires (26.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Norman, OK
• 3,49755.4%Outside Fires
• 1,66426.3%Structure Fires
• 94414.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2113.3%Other