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Whitmore Lake: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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 47. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 74 took place in 2005, and the least - 16 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Whitmore Lake:	81.0
South Lyon:	54.9
Brighton:	156.3
Ann Arbor:	29.5
Wixom:	23.8
Northville:	96.4
Ypsilanti:	189.9
Milford:	53.1
Plymouth Township:	2.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the Michigan median value.


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

Whitmore Lake:	8 minutes
South Lyon:	7 minutes
Brighton:	8 minutes
Dexter:	8 minutes
Pinckney:	8 minutes
Ann Arbor:	5 minutes
Wixom:	9 minutes
Northville:	7 minutes
Ypsilanti:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2003, 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 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Whitmore Lake:	3.7
South Lyon:	7.6
Brighton:	7.3
Dexter:	2.7
Pinckney:	3.3
Ann Arbor:	13.4
Wixom:	1.9
Northville:	16.0
Ypsilanti:	36.3

28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 805 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during June, and the least (5.7%) in February.
Out of all 6,289 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.1%), Hazardous Condition (17.2%), and Good Intent Call (16.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitmore Lake, MI
• 2,58341.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,08417.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,00416.0%Good Intent Call
• 80512.8%Fire
• 5809.2%Service Call
• 2093.3%False Alarm
• 140.2%Severe Weather
• 80.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.5%), and Outside Fires (31.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitmore Lake, MI
• 35844.5%Structure Fires
• 25731.9%Outside Fires
• 16820.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 222.7%Other