The annual summary of state fire incidents, published by the Illinois State Fire Marshal, records the number and type of fire-related incidents each fire protection district responded to in the calendar year. Fires are categorized as structure fires, vehicle fires or other fires.
Total Metro Springfield fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Latham Fire Protection District
Latham
362
10
2
3
15
0.041
2
Riverton Area Fire Protection District
Riverton
3,431
29
3
32
64
0.019
3
Greenview Fire Protection Department
Greenview
731
6
0
7
13
0.018
4
Athens Fire Protection District
Athens
1,911
9
0
20
29
0.015
5
Rochester Fire Protection District
Rochester
3,729
17
3
25
45
0.012
6
Sherman Fire Protection District
Sherman
4,701
16
4
12
32
0.007
7
Lincoln Fire District
Lincoln
13,816
58
9
22
89
0.006
8
Springfield Fire District
Springfield
114,868
246
75
236
557
0.005
9
Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District
Lincoln
13,816
27
13
17
57
0.004
10
Auburn Fire Protection District
Auburn
4,710
9
3
6
18
0.004
11
Petersburg Fire District
Petersburg
2,218
3
1
0
4
0.002
12
Petersburg Fire District
Petersburg
2,218
3
1
0
4
0.002
13
Elkhart Rural Fire Protection District
Lincoln
13,816
4
1
2
7
0.001
14
Itasca Fire Protection District
Springfield
114,868
19
8
7
34
0.000
15
Atlanta Fire Protection District
Atlanta
1,629
0
0
0
0
0.000
16
Loami Fire Protection District
Loami
752
0
0
0
0
0.000
17
Oakford Fire Protection District
Oakford
276
0
0
0
0
0.000
18
Pawnee Fire Protection District
Pawnee
2,676
0
0
0
0
0.000
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Lincoln Fd• Oakford Fire Protection District• Greenview Cfpd• Atlanta Fire Protection District• Sherman Fire Protection District• Loami Fire Protection District• Petersburg Fd• Riverton Area Fire Protection District• Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District• Pawnee Fire Protection District• Latham Fire Protection District• Auburn Fire Protection District• Rochester Fire Protection District• Elkhart Rural Fpd• Athens Fire Protection District• Itasca Fire Protection District• Springfield Fd
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