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

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Equality Fire District, Crossville Fire District and Norris City Fire Protection District reported responding to the most structure fire 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.

SE Illinois structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Equality Fire District
Equality
541
9
0.017
2
Crossville Fire District
Crossville
702
9
0.013
3
Norris City Fire Protection District
Norris City
1,211
10
0.008
4
West Salem Rural Fire Protection District
West Salem
866
7
0.008
5
Albion Volunteer Fire Department
Albion
1,918
11
0.006
6
Wayne Fire Protection District #1
Wayne City
1,021
5
0.005
7
Galatia Volunteer Fire Department
Galatia
901
4
0.004
8
Little Wabash Fire Protection District
Grayville
1,596
7
0.004
9
Bone Gap Rural Fire Protection District
Bone Gap
237
1
0.004
10
Harrisburg Fire District
Harrisburg
8,737
33
0.004
11
Bellmont Fire Protection District
Bellmont
268
1
0.004
12
Mcleansboro Fire District
McLeansboro
2,786
10
0.004
13
Stonefort Fire District
Stonefort
288
1
0.003
14
Carmi Fire/Ema
Carmi
4,971
16
0.003
15
Fairfield Fire District
Fairfield
5,029
16
0.003
16
New Haven Fire District
New Haven
395
1
0.003
17
Fairfield Rural Fire Protection District
Fairfield
5,029
7
0.001
18
Mt Carmel Fire District
Mount Carmel
6,972
9
0.001
19
Greater Wabash Fire Protection District
Fairfield
5,029
1
0.000
20
Browns Fire District
Browns
129
0
0.000

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