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Sand Springs: 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 250. The highest number of reported fires - 352 took place in 2006, and the least - 175 in 2015. The data has a rising trend.


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

Sand Springs:	130.8
Sapulpa:	90.7
Tulsa:	50.9
Jenks:	35.9
Glenpool:	49.5
Skiatook:	126.3
Bixby:	20.1
Owasso:	34.9
Broken Arrow:	20.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the Oklahoma median value.


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

Sand Springs:	6 minutes
Sapulpa:	5 minutes
Tulsa:	4 minutes
Jenks:	5 minutes
Sperry:	6 minutes
Glenpool:	4 minutes
Skiatook:	8 minutes
Bixby:	5 minutes
Owasso:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Oklahoma value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is similar.


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

Sand Springs:	1.6
Sapulpa:	1.1
Tulsa:	3.1
Broken Arrow:	1.4
Claremore:	0.9

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 11 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 41 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Sand Springs:	8.5
Sapulpa:	4.7
Tulsa:	5.8
Jenks:	0.0
Sperry:	1.3
Glenpool:	2.5
Skiatook:	0.0
Bixby:	1.0
Owasso:	2.1

25.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 4,246 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.7%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in May.
Out of all 24,408 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.3%), Fire (17.4%), and Good Intent Call (8.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sand Springs, OK
• 13,26254.3%Rescue & EMS
• 4,24617.4%Fire
• 2,1078.6%Good Intent Call
• 2,0928.6%Service Call
• 1,5526.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,0934.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (63.7%), and Structure Fires (19.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sand Springs, OK
• 2,70563.7%Outside Fires
• 82619.5%Structure Fires
• 58613.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1293.0%Other