The Oshkosh Fire Department is joining a national pilot program that uses the latest technology to collect data, analyze the risks for a potential fire, and help the fire department educate neighbors about those risks.
As one of only 250 fire departments across the country selected, Oshkosh will soon be able to build a community risk assessment digitally. It’s meant to give the fire department valuable insights based on previous fire calls.
What’s causing most of the fires in Oshkosh? What neighborhood has more fires caused by smoking materials? Does one part of the city have more fire calls during the holidays?
“Rather than just looking at the city as one big square with almost 70,000 people into it, how can we target what we’re doing to really... identify risks, address them, and mitigate them?” Fire Chief Mike Stanley explained.