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Sallisaw: 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 79. The highest number of reported fires - 162 took place in 2011, and the least - 38 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.


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

Sallisaw:	110.2
Poteau:	85.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Oklahoma median value.


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

Sallisaw:	10 minutes
Vian:	9 minutes
Muldrow:	9 minutes
Roland:	8 minutes
Fort Smith:	3 minutes
Stigler:	8 minutes
Van Buren:	5 minutes
Stilwell:	7 minutes
Poteau:	5 minutes

23.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,259 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (19.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.0%) in May.
Out of all 2,886 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (43.6%), Rescue & EMS (35.0%), and Good Intent Call (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sallisaw, OK
• 1,25943.6%Fire
• 1,01135.0%Rescue & EMS
• 2368.2%Good Intent Call
• 1364.7%Special Incident
• 1284.4%Hazardous Condition
• 682.4%False Alarm
• 451.6%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (71.6%), and Structure Fires (22.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sallisaw, OK
• 90271.6%Outside Fires
• 27822.1%Structure Fires
• 574.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 221.7%Other