Quantcast

Sangamon Sun

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Report: Which Metro Springfield communities saw the most structure fires in 2017?

Fire 08

Latham Fire Protection District, Riverton Area Fire Protection District and Greenview Fire Protection Department reported responding to the most structure fire incidents per capita in Metro Springfield in 2017, according to the latest state report.

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.

Metro Springfield structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Latham Fire Protection District
Latham
362
10
0.028
2
Riverton Area Fire Protection District
Riverton
3,431
29
0.008
3
Greenview Fire Protection Department
Greenview
731
6
0.008
4
Athens Fire Protection District
Athens
1,911
9
0.005
5
Rochester Fire Protection District
Rochester
3,729
17
0.005
6
Lincoln Fire District
Lincoln
13,816
58
0.004
7
Sherman Fire Protection District
Sherman
4,701
16
0.003
8
Springfield Fire District
Springfield
114,868
246
0.002
9
Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District
Lincoln
13,816
27
0.002
10
Auburn Fire Protection District
Auburn
4,710
9
0.002
11
Petersburg Fire District
Petersburg
2,218
3
0.001
12
Petersburg Fire District
Petersburg
2,218
3
0.001
13
Elkhart Rural Fire Protection District
Lincoln
13,816
4
0.000
14
Itasca Fire Protection District
Springfield
114,868
19
0.000
15
Atlanta Fire Protection District
Atlanta
1,629
0
0.000
16
Loami Fire Protection District
Loami
752
0
0.000
17
Oakford Fire Protection District
Oakford
276
0
0.000
18
Pawnee Fire Protection District
Pawnee
2,676
0
0.000

MORE NEWS