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 SW Illinois fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Ellis Grove Fire District
Ellis Grove
348
13
4
5
22
0.063
2
Valmeyer Fire Protection District
Valmeyer
1,256
8
18
10
36
0.029
3
Steeleville Volunteer Fire Department
Steeleville
1,955
12
1
14
27
0.014
4
Percy Volunteer Fire Department
Percy
930
5
0
4
9
0.010
5
Cutler Fire Protection Department
Cutler
422
1
0
3
4
0.009
6
Duquoin Fire District
Du Quoin
5,810
16
3
22
41
0.007
7
Sparta Fire District
Sparta
4,341
6
2
15
23
0.005
8
Pinckneyville Rural Fire Protection District
Pinckneyville
5,392
9
4
12
25
0.005
9
Chester Fire District
Chester
8,514
15
5
16
36
0.004
10
Willisville Fire District
Willisville
602
0
0
1
1
0.002
11
Pinckneyville Fire District
Pinckneyville
5,392
9
0
0
9
0.002
12
Columbia Volunteer Fire Department
Columbia
10,274
0
0
0
0
0.000
13
Prairie Du Rocher Fire District
Prairie du Rocher
564
0
0
0
0
0.000
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