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Elk City: 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 fire incidents per year is 121. The highest number of fire incidents - 211 took place in 2008, and the least - 1 in 2012. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Elk City:	89.6
Clinton:	123.1
Weatherford:	81.5
Altus:	75.8

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


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

Elk City:	5 minutes
Canute:	9 minutes
Clinton:	5 minutes
Weatherford:	5 minutes
Thomas:	8 minutes
Hydro:	7 minutes
Altus:	4 minutes
Seiling:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 6 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 47 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Elk City:	7.3
Canute:	0.0
Clinton:	1.1
Weatherford:	1.2
Thomas:	0.0
Hydro:	0.0
Altus:	3.8
Seiling:	0.0

24.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.4% in the evening. The most fires (14.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (14.0%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,050 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in September.
Out of all 4,044 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (50.7%), Hazardous Condition (22.4%), and Good Intent Call (10.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elk City, OK
• 2,05050.7%Fire
• 90722.4%Hazardous Condition
• 42110.4%Good Intent Call
• 3659.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1463.6%Service Call
• 1283.2%False Alarm
• 130.3%Special Incident
• 80.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (63.0%), and Structure Fires (20.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elk City, OK
• 1,29163.0%Outside Fires
• 41020.0%Structure Fires
• 23711.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1125.5%Other