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Kenosha: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 81. The highest number of fire incidents - 242 took place in 2016, and the least - 14 in 2011. The data has a rising trend.


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

Kenosha:	23.0
Somers:	39.9
Pleasant Prairie:	20.6
Sturtevant:	43.0
Mount Pleasant:	8.9
Racine:	33.7
Caledonia:	8.1
Salem:	27.3
Oak Creek:	30.0

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


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

Kenosha:	4 minutes
Pleasant Prairie:	5 minutes
Winthrop Harbor:	5 minutes
Zion:	5 minutes
Racine:	5 minutes
Wadsworth:	7 minutes
Beach Park:	6 minutes
Union Grove:	11 minutes
Antioch:	8 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 14 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 35. This indicator was the highest - 214 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Kenosha:	26.3
Pleasant Prairie:	48.8
Winthrop Harbor:	15.2
Zion:	11.7
Racine:	13.2
Wadsworth:	5.1
Beach Park:	8.1
Union Grove:	5.1
Antioch:	7.2

33.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,370 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during July, and the least (5.5%) in January.
Out of all 43,974 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (76.3%), Hazardous Condition (7.0%), and Service Call (5.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kenosha, WI
• 33,56676.3%Rescue & EMS
• 3,0587.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2,3265.3%Service Call
• 2,2085.0%False Alarm
• 1,3703.1%Fire
• 1,3603.1%Good Intent Call
• 630.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.0%), and Outside Fires (28.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kenosha, WI
• 61645.0%Structure Fires
• 38728.2%Outside Fires
• 24718.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1208.8%Other