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Eau Claire: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 185. The highest number of fires - 221 took place in 2009, and the least - 135 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.


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

Eau Claire:	21.8
Altoona:	31.2
Washington:	4.6
Lake Hallie:	4.6
Chippewa Falls:	46.1
Lafayette:	3.5
Menomonie:	41.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Wisconsin median value.


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

Eau Claire:	6 minutes
Chippewa Falls:	5 minutes
Menomonie:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 18 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Wisconsin value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Eau Claire:

3.0

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 6. The highest number of reported casualties - 12 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2010. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 33. This indicator was the highest - 69 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2010. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Wisconsin value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Eau Claire:	32.8
Chippewa Falls:	23.1
Menomonie:	8.9

34.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,956 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 40,310 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.7%), Hazardous Condition (7.6%), and False Alarm (7.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Eau Claire, WI
• 28,07769.7%Rescue & EMS
• 3,0807.6%Hazardous Condition
• 3,0037.4%False Alarm
• 2,9567.3%Fire
• 1,8274.5%Service Call
• 1,1953.0%Good Intent Call
• 1010.3%Special Incident
• 580.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.8%), and Outside Fires (30.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Eau Claire, WI
• 1,26442.8%Structure Fires
• 89330.2%Outside Fires
• 59020.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2097.1%Other