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Racine: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 255. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 356 took place in 2006, and the least - 87 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Racine:	33.7
Mount Pleasant:	8.9
Caledonia:	8.1
Sturtevant:	43.0
Somers:	39.9
Kenosha:	23.0
Oak Creek:	30.0
South Milwaukee:	23.5
Pleasant Prairie:	20.6

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 Racine, WI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Racine:	5 minutes
Kenosha:	4 minutes
Oak Creek:	6 minutes
Union Grove:	11 minutes
South Milwaukee:	3 minutes
Pleasant Prairie:	5 minutes
Franklin:	6 minutes
Cudahy:	3 minutes
Winthrop Harbor:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the Wisconsin value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is higher.


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

Racine:	3.2
Milwaukee:	0.3
Waukegan:	1.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 9 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 1 in 2004. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 15. This indicator was the highest - 66 in 2005, and the lowest 3 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Racine:	13.2
Kenosha:	26.3
Oak Creek:	15.1
Union Grove:	5.1
South Milwaukee:	18.4
Pleasant Prairie:	48.8
Franklin:	11.6
Cudahy:	8.5
Winthrop Harbor:	15.2

33.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.9%) on Friday.
Based on the 4,327 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.9%) took place during July, and the least (6.7%) in January.
Out of all 18,383 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (28.7%), Fire (23.5%), and Hazardous Condition (20.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Racine, WI
• 5,27228.7%Rescue & EMS
• 4,32723.5%Fire
• 3,77220.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2,52713.7%False Alarm
• 1,3887.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,0025.5%Service Call
• 390.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 360.2%Special Incident
• 200.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (53.9%), and Outside Fires (25.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Racine, WI
• 2,33153.9%Structure Fires
• 1,09025.2%Outside Fires
• 70016.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2064.8%Other