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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Report: Which Will County communities saw the most fires in 2017?

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Beecher Fire Protection District, Braidwood Fire Protection District and Monee Fire Protection District reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Will County 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 Will County fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Beecher Fire Protection District
Beecher
4,472
34
9
17
60
0.013
2
Braidwood Fire Protection District
Braidwood
6,219
23
7
27
57
0.009
3
Monee Fire Protection District
Monee
5,119
18
9
17
44
0.009
4
University Park Fire District
University Park
7,006
41
5
7
53
0.008
5
Frankfort Fire District
Frankfort
19,009
82
8
28
118
0.006
6
Elwood Fire Protection District
Elwood
2,265
4
4
5
13
0.006
7
Manhattan Fire Protection District
Manhattan
7,776
7
3
13
23
0.003
8
Mokena Fire Protection District
Mokena
20,293
40
7
14
61
0.003
9
New Lenox Fire Protection District
New Lenox
26,575
49
2
19
70
0.003
10
Northwest Homer Fire Protection District
Lockport
25,434
37
4
19
60
0.002
11
Channahon Fire Protection District
Channahon
12,805
9
7
13
29
0.002
12
Plainfield Fire Protection District
Plainfield
43,926
41
15
43
99
0.002
13
Bolingbrook Fire District
Bolingbrook
75,201
49
47
63
159
0.002
14
Romeoville Fire District
Romeoville
39,632
11
12
44
67
0.002
15
Joliet Fire District
Joliet
148,462
91
31
78
200
0.001
16
Rockdale Fire Protection District
Rockdale
1,945
0
0
0
0
0.000

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