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 Northwest Illinois fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Sublette Fire District
Sublette
426
19
0
8
27
0.063
2
Scales Mound Fire District
Scales Mound
360
14
1
2
17
0.047
3
Monroe Twp Fire Protection District
Monroe Center
440
9
3
5
17
0.039
4
Ashton Fire District
Ashton
907
13
4
6
23
0.025
5
Chadwick Fire Protection District
Chadwick
523
13
0
0
13
0.025
6
Lanark Fire Protection District
Lanark
1,354
18
1
9
28
0.021
7
Byron Fire Protection District
Byron
3,608
40
2
26
68
0.019
8
Milledgeville Fire Protection District
Lanark
1,354
15
2
7
24
0.018
9
Davis Fire Protection District
Davis
635
7
1
2
10
0.016
10
Forreston Fire Protection District
Forreston
1,362
15
2
4
21
0.015
11
Mt Morris Fire Protection District
Mount Morris
2,826
25
2
8
35
0.012
12
Savanna Fire District
Savanna
2,847
15
2
15
32
0.011
13
Galena Fire Protection District
Galena
3,225
16
8
12
36
0.011
14
Rock Falls Fire District
Rock Falls
8,911
51
11
31
93
0.010
15
Polo Fire Protection District
Polo
2,213
10
3
8
21
0.009
16
Fulton Fire Protection Distric
Fulton
3,312
15
4
10
29
0.009
17
Elizabeth Fire Protection Department
Elizabeth
733
2
0
4
6
0.008
18
Menominee-Dunleith Fire District
East Dubuque
1,606
7
3
3
13
0.008
19
Amboy Fire Protection District
Amboy
2,344
12
0
7
19
0.008
20
Sterling Fire District
Sterling
14,766
64
19
18
101
0.007
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Scales Mound Fd• Galena Fpd• Mt Morris Fpd• Amboy Fire Protection District• Menominee-Dunleith Fire Department• Milledgeville Fire Protection District• Savanna Fd• Rock Falls Fd• Davis Fire Protection District• Forreston Fire Protection District• Byron Fire Protection District• Ashton Fd• Monroe Twp Fpd• Fulton Fire Protection Distric• Sublette Fire Department• Sterling Fd• Chadwick Fire Protection District• Polo Fire Protection District• Lanark Fire Protection District• Elizabeth Cfpd
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