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Milwaukee: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 1,706. The highest number of fire incidents - 2,911 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Milwaukee:	33.6
Wauwatosa:	16.1
West Allis:	18.9
Shorewood:	10.0
Whitefish Bay:	7.1
Glendale:	23.0
Greenfield:	14.3
Elm Grove:	13.0
Fox Point:	10.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Wisconsin median value.


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

Milwaukee:	4 minutes
Wauwatosa:	6 minutes
West Allis:	4 minutes
Greenfield:	6 minutes
Brookfield:	7 minutes
Cudahy:	3 minutes
New Berlin:	7 minutes
Menomonee Falls:	6 minutes
South Milwaukee:	3 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 0. This indicator was the highest - 1 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Wisconsin value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.


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

Milwaukee:	0.3
Racine:	3.2

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported casualties - 12 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 4 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Wisconsin value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Milwaukee:	1.6
Wauwatosa:	28.7
West Allis:	53.5
Greenfield:	4.0
Brookfield:	21.0
Cudahy:	8.5
New Berlin:	7.1
Menomonee Falls:	15.4
South Milwaukee:	18.4

38.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 61.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 23,887 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during July, and the least (6.1%) in February.
Out of all 227,918 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.1%), Fire (10.5%), and False Alarm (9.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Milwaukee, WI
• 146,01864.1%Rescue & EMS
• 23,88710.5%Fire
• 20,9279.2%False Alarm
• 20,3818.9%Hazardous Condition
• 10,6334.7%Good Intent Call
• 5,5222.4%Service Call
• 4360.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.1%), and Outside Fires (31.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Milwaukee, WI
• 10,06642.1%Structure Fires
• 7,58831.8%Outside Fires
• 5,88824.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3451.4%Other