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Amboy: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 36. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 71 took place in 2005, and the least - 3 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is much higher compared to the Illinois median value.


The median response time in Amboy, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Amboy:	11 minutes
Dixon:	7 minutes
Mendota:	8 minutes
Rock Falls:	7 minutes
Sterling:	8 minutes
Rochelle:	7 minutes
Oregon:	8 minutes
Polo:	12 minutes
Princeton:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Amboy, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Amboy:	4.9
Dixon:	7.9
Mendota:	29.7
Rock Falls:	25.5
Sterling:	13.9
Rochelle:	11.9
Oregon:	5.7
Polo:	1.7
Princeton:	11.5

35.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.6%) on Friday.
Based on the 617 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (19.8%) took place during April, and the least (4.4%) in December.
Out of all 2,178 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.5%), Fire (28.3%), and False Alarm (5.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Amboy, IL
• 1,20855.5%Rescue & EMS
• 61728.3%Fire
• 1155.3%False Alarm
• 1125.1%Hazardous Condition
• 713.3%Good Intent Call
• 452.1%Service Call
• 50.2%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.0%), and Outside Fires (33.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Amboy, IL
• 33354.0%Structure Fires
• 20733.5%Outside Fires
• 487.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 294.7%Other