Wood County See 63% Reduction in Fires During Holiday Season
Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 -- 8:00 AM
(WDLB) -The holiday season has come and gone, and so has Wood County’s “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety awareness campaign.This year the awareness campaign ended with three fires, which is a 63-percent reduction compared to 2017, when eight fires were recorded. One fire happened in Nekoosa on December first, the second fire was in Marshfield on December 17th, and the third one was also in Marshfield on Christmas Day. This is just the second time in the 25-year history of the campaign that there have been three fires during the holiday season, according to Marshfield Fire Chief Scott Owen. The other year was 2013.
The year with the highest amount of fires was 2000 when there were 20 fires in Wood County during the holidays, which is defined as between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. The next fire safety awareness campaign, Keep the Forest Green, starts March first.
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