Oklahoma
No public per-county civilian fire-death table is published; the structured county option (vital statistics) is residence-based and small-count suppressed.
Why this state isn't scored
The Fireground Index scores one comparable metric — the civilian fire-death rate — computed from exact per-county death counts and Census population. For Oklahoma, no public source provides those counts completely and unsuppressed for all 77 counties. Rather than publish estimated, partial, or suppressed figures, the state is shown here transparently.
Sources checked
| Source | What it provides |
|---|---|
| OK State Fire Marshal | The “Fatality Injury Report” page is a data-entry form, not a published dataset; reporting totals are per fire department, not county deaths. |
| NASFM Fire Fatality Data Hub — Oklahoma | FeatureServer exists but has 0 records. |
| OSDH OK2SHARE / CDC WONDER | Residence-based, broad injury category, suppresses small cells (~34 of 77 counties blanked). |
What failed the source gate
Every state must clear this public-source standard before it is scored:
- Public & authoritative (a state fire-marshal / fire-agency or primary record)
- County-level (or the jurisdiction's county-equivalents)
- Civilian fire deaths, incident-based (counted where the fire occurred; firefighter line-of-duty excluded)
- Exact counts — not rates, not statistically suppressed small cells
- All counties present, with zero-death counties verifiable (not ambiguous omission)
- A recent 5-year window, or a best-available clearly-labeled window
Not met for Oklahoma:
- A published per-county count table
- Unsuppressed exact counts
- Civilian incident-based basis (vital-stats is residence-based)
What data would unlock scoring
A per-county, incident-based civilian fire-death count table (all 77 counties, explicit zeros) for a recent window.
Could a records request unlock it?
Likely yes. A records request for a per-county incident-based fatality table, or Oklahoma populating its NASFM hub layer, would unlock scoring.
Relevant office: Oklahoma State Fire Marshal / OFIRS
Have this data? Help make Oklahoma scoreable.
If you work with a state fire marshal’s office, fire-service data program, or public-health agency and can share a complete, per-county civilian fire-death dataset, we will evaluate it against the public-source standard and — if it qualifies — publish a fully-cited scorecard for Oklahoma.
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