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West Salem: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 11. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 28 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Salem, WI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
West Salem:	35.3
Onalaska:	11.1
Holmen:	23.7
La Crosse:	31.7
Sparta:	55.9
Tomah:	58.2

32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (8.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 162 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (17.3%) took place during April, and the least (5.6%) in January.
Out of all 594 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (29.1%), Fire (27.3%), and Good Intent Call (19.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Salem, WI
• 17329.1%Hazardous Condition
• 16227.3%Fire
• 11619.5%False Alarm
• 579.6%Good Intent Call
• 528.8%Rescue & EMS
• 294.9%Service Call
• 40.7%Severe Weather
• 10.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (37.0%), and Outside Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Salem, WI
• 6037.0%Structure Fires
• 5534.0%Outside Fires
• 3320.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 148.6%Other