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Harwood Heights: 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 fires per year is 14. The highest number of reported fires - 26 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2016. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Harwood Heights, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Harwood Heights:	22.5
Norridge:	11.8
Elmwood Park:	26.3
River Grove:	29.2
Schiller Park:	49.5
Park Ridge:	14.3
Franklin Park:	39.5
Lincolnwood:	16.8
Niles:	20.0

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (7.4%) on Friday.
According to the 230 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during May, and the least (5.2%) in October.
Out of all 3,371 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.9%), Hazardous Condition (10.5%), and Good Intent Call (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Harwood Heights, IL
• 1,95257.9%Rescue & EMS
• 35510.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2948.7%Good Intent Call
• 2738.1%Service Call
• 2637.8%False Alarm
• 2306.8%Fire
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.7%), and Outside Fires (22.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Harwood Heights, IL
• 12855.7%Structure Fires
• 5122.2%Outside Fires
• 3515.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 167.0%Other