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Watertown: Fire Incidents, Wisconsin (WI)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 92. The highest number of reported fires - 217 took place in 2005, and the least - 11 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Watertown:	33.9
Lake Mills:	34.6
Oconomowoc:	68.8
Jefferson:	38.1
Delafield:	49.3
Beaver Dam:	47.6
Fort Atkinson:	33.5
Hartford:	44.6
Hartland:	55.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Wisconsin median value.


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

Watertown:	7 minutes
Oconomowoc:	10 minutes
Beaver Dam:	8 minutes
Fort Atkinson:	8 minutes
Hartford:	8 minutes
Hartland:	9 minutes
Whitewater:	11 minutes
Pewaukee:	8 minutes
Sun Prairie:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 8 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 16. This indicator was the highest - 66 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Watertown:	18.5
Oconomowoc:	4.0
Beaver Dam:	40.5
Fort Atkinson:	1.8
Hartford:	15.0
Hartland:	3.8
Whitewater:	3.8
Pewaukee:	16.7
Sun Prairie:	4.0

35.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,570 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.0%) took place during April, and the least (5.1%) in February.
Out of all 13,829 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.3%), Fire (11.4%), and Hazardous Condition (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Watertown, WI
• 8,61462.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,57011.4%Fire
• 1,51611.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,1118.0%Service Call
• 6214.5%False Alarm
• 3422.5%Good Intent Call
• 400.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.9%), and Outside Fires (33.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Watertown, WI
• 69043.9%Structure Fires
• 53233.9%Outside Fires
• 17511.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 17311.0%Other