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Tahlequah: Fire Incidents, Oklahoma (OK)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 130. The highest number of fire incidents - 203 took place in 2012, and the least - 2 in 2014. The data has a growing trend.


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

Tahlequah:	109.9
Wagoner:	85.2
Muskogee:	81.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Tahlequah:	5 minutes
Hulbert:	5 minutes
Stilwell:	7 minutes
Locust Grove:	7 minutes
Wagoner:	4 minutes
Westville:	5 minutes
Muskogee:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths 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.
28.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,209 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in May.
Out of all 5,394 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.0%), Rescue & EMS (17.1%), and Hazardous Condition (14.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tahlequah, OK
• 2,20941.0%Fire
• 92517.1%Rescue & EMS
• 77614.4%Hazardous Condition
• 57310.6%Good Intent Call
• 4298.0%False Alarm
• 4077.5%Service Call
• 490.9%Special Incident
• 210.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (53.9%), and Structure Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tahlequah, OK
• 1,19153.9%Outside Fires
• 55425.1%Structure Fires
• 30713.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1577.1%Other