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Whitefish Bay: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 9. The highest number of fire incidents - 17 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Whitefish Bay, WI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Whitefish Bay:	7.1
Shorewood:	10.0
Glendale:	23.0
Fox Point:	10.9
Milwaukee:	33.6
Brown Deer:	13.5
Wauwatosa:	16.1
Mequon:	6.0
West Allis:	18.9

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 152 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during May, and the least (2.0%) in February.
Out of all 2,799 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.7%), Hazardous Condition (13.7%), and False Alarm (13.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitefish Bay, WI
• 1,70060.7%Rescue & EMS
• 38313.7%Hazardous Condition
• 37913.5%False Alarm
• 1525.4%Fire
• 893.2%Service Call
• 833.0%Good Intent Call
• 70.3%Special Incident
• 60.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.9%), and Outside Fires (36.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitefish Bay, WI
• 8555.9%Structure Fires
• 5536.2%Outside Fires
• 127.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires