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Stoughton: 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 fire incidents per year is 25. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 69 took place in 2017, and the least - 1 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Stoughton, WI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Stoughton:	46.8
McFarland:	33.0
Oregon:	24.0
Edgerton:	45.3
Evansville:	63.1
Monona:	25.4
Cottage Grove:	45.0
Fitchburg:	33.1
Madison:	8.6

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 417 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.0%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in October.
Out of all 1,617 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (27.1%), Fire (25.8%), and False Alarm (17.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Stoughton, WI
• 43827.1%Hazardous Condition
• 41725.8%Fire
• 28917.9%False Alarm
• 25515.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1529.4%Good Intent Call
• 523.2%Service Call
• 70.4%Severe Weather
• 50.3%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (54.4%), and Outside Fires (28.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Stoughton, WI
• 22754.4%Structure Fires
• 11828.3%Outside Fires
• 4510.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 276.5%Other