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Tomah: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of reported fires - 62 took place in 2012, and the least - 1 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Tomah:	58.2
Sparta:	55.9
West Salem:	35.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Tomah:	9 minutes
Sparta:	10 minutes
Black River Falls:	9 minutes

34.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Friday, and the least (10.9%) on Thursday.
Based on the 533 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during April, and the least (4.5%) in August.
Out of all 2,105 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.5%), Fire (25.3%), and Good Intent Call (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tomah, WI
• 89542.5%Hazardous Condition
• 53325.3%Fire
• 1969.3%False Alarm
• 1959.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1366.5%Service Call
• 1276.0%Good Intent Call
• 150.7%Special Incident
• 80.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (38.8%), and Outside Fires (32.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tomah, WI
• 20738.8%Structure Fires
• 17232.3%Outside Fires
• 13325.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.9%Other