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Potosi: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 12. The highest number of reported fires - 21 took place in 2003, and the least - 3 in 2007. The data has a declining trend.

27.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.3%) on Friday.
Based on the 195 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (20.5%) took place during April, and the least (3.6%) in July.
Out of all 338 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (57.7%), Overpressure Rupture (16.6%), and False Alarm (6.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Potosi, WI
• 19557.7%Fire
• 5616.6%Rescue & EMS
• 216.2%Severe Weather
• 195.6%Service Call
• 185.3%Hazardous Condition
• 164.7%Good Intent Call
• 72.1%Special Incident
• 61.8%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.0%), and Outside Fires (40.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Potosi, WI
• 8041.0%Structure Fires
• 7940.5%Outside Fires
• 199.7%Other
• 178.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires