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Highland: 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 28. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 46 took place in 2012, and the least - 13 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Highland, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Highland:	28.6
Troy:	44.4
Maryville:	3.8
Edwardsville:	34.3
Glen Carbon:	17.8
Collinsville:	53.9
Greenville:	63.4
Mascoutah:	39.8
Shiloh:	5.4

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 7 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.1%) on Saturday.
According to the 483 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during October, and the least (6.2%) in April.
Out of all 2,434 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.6%), Fire (19.8%), and Hazardous Condition (17.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Highland, IL
• 86735.6%Rescue & EMS
• 48319.8%Fire
• 42717.5%Hazardous Condition
• 30212.4%Good Intent Call
• 27511.3%False Alarm
• 552.3%Service Call
• 140.6%Severe Weather
• 100.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.7%), and Outside Fires (28.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Highland, IL
• 24550.7%Structure Fires
• 13928.8%Outside Fires
• 8417.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 153.1%Other