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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

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

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Little York Fire Protection District, Biggsville Fire Protection District and Altona Fire Protection District reported responding to the most structure fire 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.

Greater Galesburg structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Little York Fire Protection District
Little York
318
5
0.016
2
Biggsville Fire Protection District
Biggsville
275
3
0.011
3
Altona Fire Protection District
Altona
506
4
0.008
4
Williamsfield Fire Protection District
Williamsfield
555
4
0.007
5
Alexis Fire Protection District
Alexis
794
5
0.006
6
Knoxville Fire Protection Department
Knoxville
2,795
15
0.005
7
East Galesburg Volunteer Fire Department
East Galesburg
788
3
0.004
8
Abingdon Fire Protection District
Abingdon
3,125
4
0.001
9
Roseville Fire Protection District
Roseville
952
1
0.001
10
Gulfport-Gladstone Fire Protection District
Monmouth
9,091
0
0.000
11
Oquawka Volunteer Fire Department
Oquawka
1,277
0
0.000

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