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

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Cisco Fire Protection District, Georgetown Fire Protection District and Seymour Volunteer Fire Department reported responding to the most structure fire 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.

Greater C-U structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Cisco Fire Protection District
Cisco
250
8
0.032
2
Georgetown Fire Protection District
Georgetown
516
16
0.031
3
Seymour Volunteer Fire Department
Seymour
367
11
0.030
4
Bondville Fire District
Bondville
446
8
0.018
5
Fairmount-Vance Twp Fire District
Fairmount
616
9
0.015
6
Thomasboro Fire Protection District
Thomasboro
1,110
15
0.014
7
Ridge Farm Fire Protection District
Ridge Farm
835
10
0.012
8
Savoy Fire District
Savoy
8,272
86
0.010
9
Kempton Fire Protection District
Kempton
213
2
0.009
10
Northern Piatt County Fire Protection District
Mansfield
865
7
0.008
11
Rankin Fire Protection District-Rankin Unit
Rankin
532
4
0.008
12
Rossville Area Fire Protection District
Rossville
1,257
8
0.006
13
Cerro Gordo Fire Protection District
Cerro Gordo
1,339
7
0.005
14
Bluegrass Fire Protection District
Potomac
716
3
0.004
15
Bement Fire Protection District
Bement
1,684
6
0.004
16
Oakwood Fire District
Oakwood
1,532
5
0.003
17
Tolono Fire Protection District
Tolono
3,449
11
0.003
18
Gibson City Fire Protection District
Gibson City
3,307
10
0.003
19
Tilton Fire District
Tilton
2,584
7
0.003
20
St Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection District
St. Joseph
3,959
10
0.003

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