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Chatham: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 40. The highest number of fire incidents - 74 took place in 2005, and the least - 8 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Chatham:	34.4
Springfield:	46.5
Taylorville:	94.2
Carlinville:	72.4
Jacksonville:	59.0
Litchfield:	71.2

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


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

Chatham:	6 minutes
Springfield:	5 minutes
Sherman:	9 minutes
Taylorville:	6 minutes
Petersburg:	9 minutes
Jacksonville:	4 minutes
Litchfield:	4 minutes

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 676 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in August.
Out of all 6,183 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.6%), Fire (10.9%), and Good Intent Call (9.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chatham, IL
• 3,87362.6%Rescue & EMS
• 67610.9%Fire
• 5899.5%Good Intent Call
• 3716.0%False Alarm
• 3665.9%Hazardous Condition
• 3024.9%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (49.0%), and Structure Fires (25.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chatham, IL
• 33149.0%Outside Fires
• 17525.9%Structure Fires
• 9013.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 8011.8%Other