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 East Central Illinois fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District
Mason
337
3
3
10
16
0.047
2
Xenia Volunteer Fire Protection Department
Xenia
375
5
1
9
15
0.040
3
Cowden Fire Protection District
Cowden
580
3
2
17
22
0.038
4
Herrick Fire District
Herrick
431
9
1
4
14
0.032
5
Camargo Fire Station
Camargo
455
5
0
8
13
0.029
6
Dieterich Fire Protection District
Dieterich
607
1
2
8
11
0.018
7
Newman Fire Protection Department
Newman
849
6
3
6
15
0.018
8
Oblong Fire Protection District
Oblong
1,391
13
2
9
24
0.017
9
Hutsonville Twp Fire Protection District
Hutsonville
538
5
2
1
8
0.015
10
Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District
Lawrenceville
4,406
32
18
11
61
0.014
11
Neoga Fire Protection District
Neoga
1,625
8
6
8
22
0.014
12
Ashmore Fire District
Ashmore
759
1
3
6
10
0.013
13
Marshall Fire Protection District
Marshall
3,860
17
12
22
51
0.013
14
Moweaqua Fire Protection Department
Moweaqua
1,726
9
1
8
18
0.010
15
Toledo Volunteer Fire Department
Greenup
1,490
5
3
6
14
0.009
16
Effingham Fire District
Effingham
12,589
68
17
29
114
0.009
17
Tuscola Fire District
Tuscola
4,409
17
11
10
38
0.009
18
Shelbyville Fire Protection District
Shelbyville
4,557
13
7
18
38
0.008
19
Christy Fire Protection District
Sumner
3,160
9
3
13
25
0.008
20
Olney Fire District
Olney
8,942
25
4
36
65
0.007
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Camargo Fire Station• Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District• Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District• Christy Fire Protection District• Shelbyville Fire Protection District• Cowden Fire Protection District• Tuscola Fire Department• Olney Fire Department• Herrick Fire Department• Moweaqua Cfpd• Toledo Volunteer Fire Department• Effingham Fire Department• Xenia Vfpd• Neoga Fire Protection District• Marshall Fire Protection District• Newman Cfpd• Oblong Fire Protection District• Ashmore Fire Department• Hutsonville Twp Fire Protection District• Dieterich Fire Protection District
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