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Beach Park: 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 51. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 85 took place in 2003, and the least - 18 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Beach Park, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Beach Park:	45.0
Zion:	55.8
Waukegan:	31.8
Winthrop Harbor:	34.2
Park City:	14.8
Gurnee:	23.7
North Chicago:	29.5
Gages Lake:	1.3
Lindenhurst:	8.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Illinois median value.


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

Beach Park:	6 minutes
Zion:	5 minutes
Waukegan:	5 minutes
Wadsworth:	7 minutes
Winthrop Harbor:	5 minutes
Gurnee:	6 minutes
North Chicago:	3 minutes
Lake Bluff:	5 minutes
Grayslake:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Illinois value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Beach Park:	8.1
Zion:	11.7
Waukegan:	23.1
Wadsworth:	5.1
Winthrop Harbor:	15.2
Gurnee:	25.4
North Chicago:	6.9
Lake Bluff:	9.5
Grayslake:	15.9

31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.0%) on Thursday.
Based on the 864 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during April, and the least (5.8%) in February.
Out of all 8,325 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.1%), Fire (10.4%), and Service Call (8.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Beach Park, IL
• 5,25163.1%Rescue & EMS
• 86410.4%Fire
• 7408.9%Service Call
• 5656.8%Good Intent Call
• 5176.2%Hazardous Condition
• 3634.4%False Alarm
• 210.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.5%), and Outside Fires (39.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Beach Park, IL
• 41047.5%Structure Fires
• 33739.0%Outside Fires
• 849.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 333.8%Other