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Poteau: Fire Incidents, Oklahoma (OK)

2007 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2007 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 70. The highest number of reported fires - 115 took place in 2011, and the least - 47 in 2007. The data has a rising trend.


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

Poteau:	85.4
Sallisaw:	110.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Oklahoma median value.


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

Poteau:	5 minutes
Wister:	8 minutes
Mansfield:	9 minutes
Greenwood:	8 minutes
Muldrow:	9 minutes
Fort Smith:	3 minutes
Roland:	8 minutes
Sallisaw:	10 minutes
Stigler:	8 minutes

27.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 847 fire incidents from years 2007 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during July, and the least (4.5%) in October.
Out of all 1,364 cases reported during the years 2007 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (62.1%), Good Intent Call (18.4%), and Severe Weather (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Poteau, OK
• 84762.1%Fire
• 25118.4%False Alarm
• 1128.2%Special Incident
• 674.9%Rescue & EMS
• 533.9%Good Intent Call
• 211.5%Hazardous Condition
• 100.7%Service Call
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.6%), and Structure Fires (29.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Poteau, OK
• 39546.6%Outside Fires
• 25329.9%Structure Fires
• 10412.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 9511.2%Other