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Countryside: 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 fires per year is 23. The highest number of fire incidents - 42 took place in 2015, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Countryside, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Countryside:	48.1
La Grange:	20.1
Western Springs:	18.3
Willow Springs:	46.1
Burr Ridge:	28.8
Justice:	60.7
Summit:	57.7
Hinsdale:	25.2
Brookfield:	36.6

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.
30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.1%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 388 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during August, and the least (6.2%) in April.
Out of all 5,474 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.6%), False Alarm (13.2%), and Service Call (10.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Countryside, IL
• 3,10156.6%Rescue & EMS
• 72413.2%False Alarm
• 59410.9%Service Call
• 3887.1%Fire
• 3746.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2845.2%Good Intent Call
• 60.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (57.7%), and Outside Fires (26.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Countryside, IL
• 22457.7%Structure Fires
• 10226.3%Outside Fires
• 5113.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 112.8%Other