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Report: Which Greater C-U communities saw the most fires in 2017?

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Georgetown Fire Protection District, Cisco Fire Protection District and Rankin Fire Protection District-Rankin Unit reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Greater C-U 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 C-U fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Georgetown Fire Protection District
Georgetown
516
16
3
22
41
0.079
2
Cisco Fire Protection District
Cisco
250
8
4
6
18
0.072
3
Rankin Fire Protection District-Rankin Unit
Rankin
532
4
2
19
25
0.047
4
Seymour Volunteer Fire Department
Seymour
367
11
2
0
13
0.035
5
Thomasboro Fire Protection District
Thomasboro
1,110
15
5
10
30
0.027
6
Bondville Fire District
Bondville
446
8
3
1
12
0.027
7
Northern Piatt County Fire Protection District
Mansfield
865
7
1
9
17
0.020
8
Fairmount-Vance Twp Fire District
Fairmount
616
9
0
3
12
0.019
9
Cerro Gordo Fire Protection District
Cerro Gordo
1,339
7
3
13
23
0.017
10
Ridge Farm Fire Protection District
Ridge Farm
835
10
3
0
13
0.016
11
Rossville Area Fire Protection District
Rossville
1,257
8
1
10
19
0.015
12
Savoy Fire District
Savoy
8,272
86
5
8
99
0.012
13
Oakwood Fire District
Oakwood
1,532
5
4
8
17
0.011
14
Tilton Fire District
Tilton
2,584
7
7
12
26
0.010
15
Kempton Fire Protection District
Kempton
213
2
0
0
2
0.009
16
St Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection District
St. Joseph
3,959
10
8
17
35
0.009
17
Bement Fire Protection District
Bement
1,684
6
1
6
13
0.008
18
Tolono Fire Protection District
Tolono
3,449
11
4
10
25
0.007
19
Pesotum Fire District
Tolono
3,449
4
6
13
23
0.007
20
Danville Fire District
Danville
31,424
80
18
69
167
0.005

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