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Rhinelander: 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 31. The highest number of fire incidents - 59 took place in 2003, and the least - 5 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Rhinelander, WI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Rhinelander:	47.6
Merrill:	46.6
Antigo:	47.1

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.3%) on Sunday.
Based on the 489 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 1,891 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (28.0%), Fire (25.9%), and Rescue & EMS (15.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rhinelander, WI
• 52928.0%Hazardous Condition
• 48925.9%Fire
• 29415.5%Rescue & EMS
• 19410.3%Service Call
• 19010.0%False Alarm
• 1608.5%Good Intent Call
• 130.7%Special Incident
• 110.6%Overpressure Rupture
• 110.6%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.0%), and Outside Fires (27.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rhinelander, WI
• 21544.0%Structure Fires
• 13327.2%Outside Fires
• 7415.1%Other
• 6713.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires