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Report: Which SE Illinois communities saw the most fires in 2017?

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Bone Gap Rural Fire Protection District, Bellmont Fire Protection District and West Salem Rural Fire Protection District reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in SE Illinois 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.

Total SE Illinois fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Bone Gap Rural Fire Protection District
Bone Gap
237
1
0
7
8
0.034
2
Bellmont Fire Protection District
Bellmont
268
1
3
4
8
0.030
3
West Salem Rural Fire Protection District
West Salem
866
7
9
9
25
0.029
4
Equality Fire District
Equality
541
9
2
4
15
0.028
5
Crossville Fire District
Crossville
702
9
2
7
18
0.026
6
Norris City Fire Protection District
Norris City
1,211
10
2
18
30
0.025
7
Wayne Fire Protection District #1
Wayne City
1,021
5
5
15
25
0.024
8
Stonefort Fire District
Stonefort
288
1
0
5
6
0.021
9
Albion Volunteer Fire Department
Albion
1,918
11
3
17
31
0.016
10
Little Wabash Fire Protection District
Grayville
1,596
7
6
12
25
0.016
11
Mcleansboro Fire District
McLeansboro
2,786
10
9
15
34
0.012
12
Carmi Fire/Ema
Carmi
4,971
16
3
25
44
0.009
13
Galatia Volunteer Fire Department
Galatia
901
4
1
2
7
0.008
14
Harrisburg Fire District
Harrisburg
8,737
33
6
23
62
0.007
15
Fairfield Fire District
Fairfield
5,029
16
2
7
25
0.005
16
Mt Carmel Fire District
Mount Carmel
6,972
9
4
13
26
0.004
17
New Haven Fire District
New Haven
395
1
0
0
1
0.003
18
Fairfield Rural Fire Protection District
Fairfield
5,029
7
4
1
12
0.002
19
Greater Wabash Fire Protection District
Fairfield
5,029
1
0
0
1
0.000
20
Browns Fire District
Browns
129
0
0
0
0
0.000

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