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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Report: Which Greater Galesburg communities saw the most fires in 2017?

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Biggsville Fire Protection District, Little York Fire Protection District and Alexis Fire Protection District reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Greater Galesburg 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 Greater Galesburg fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Biggsville Fire Protection District
Biggsville
275
3
1
8
12
0.044
2
Little York Fire Protection District
Little York
318
5
1
7
13
0.041
3
Alexis Fire Protection District
Alexis
794
5
3
19
27
0.034
4
Williamsfield Fire Protection District
Williamsfield
555
4
1
8
13
0.023
5
Altona Fire Protection District
Altona
506
4
2
2
8
0.016
6
Knoxville Fire Protection Department
Knoxville
2,795
15
3
12
30
0.011
7
Abingdon Fire Protection District
Abingdon
3,125
4
5
23
32
0.010
8
East Galesburg Volunteer Fire Department
East Galesburg
788
3
0
0
3
0.004
9
Roseville Fire Protection District
Roseville
952
1
0
1
2
0.002
10
Oquawka Volunteer Fire Department
Oquawka
1,277
0
0
1
1
0.001
11
Gulfport-Gladstone Fire Protection District
Monmouth
9,091
0
0
0
0
0.000

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