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Altus: 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 138. The highest number of fires - 193 took place in 2018, and the least - 46 in 2014. The data has a growing trend.


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

Altus:	75.8
Lawton:	41.0
Elk City:	89.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Altus:	4 minutes
Cache:	10 minutes
Lawton:	4 minutes
Elk City:	5 minutes
Canute:	9 minutes
Apache:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Altus:	3.8
Cache:	0.0
Lawton:	5.8
Elk City:	7.3
Canute:	0.0
Apache:	1.3

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 2,347 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during July, and the least (6.2%) in October.
Out of all 6,632 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (39.2%), Fire (35.4%), and Service Call (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Altus, OK
• 2,59939.2%Hazardous Condition
• 2,34735.4%Fire
• 5428.2%Service Call
• 4116.2%Rescue & EMS
• 3895.9%Good Intent Call
• 3264.9%False Alarm
• 90.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (60.3%), and Structure Fires (28.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Altus, OK
• 1,41560.3%Outside Fires
• 67128.6%Structure Fires
• 2129.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 492.1%Other