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Lemont: 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 63. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 107 took place in 2010, and the least - 5 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Lemont:	40.6
Darien:	21.1
Homer Glen:	31.7
Bolingbrook:	23.8
Woodridge:	20.6
Romeoville:	31.3
Lockport:	43.1
Burr Ridge:	28.8
Willowbrook:	46.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Lemont:	7 minutes
Darien:	5 minutes
Homer Glen:	6 minutes
Bolingbrook:	5 minutes
Woodridge:	5 minutes
Romeoville:	5 minutes
Lockport:	5 minutes
Burr Ridge:	7 minutes
Willowbrook:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 18. This indicator was the highest - 200 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Illinois value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Lemont:	8.4
Darien:	12.9
Homer Glen:	8.4
Bolingbrook:	20.8
Woodridge:	19.9
Romeoville:	12.2
Lockport:	16.0
Burr Ridge:	14.3
Willowbrook:	14.9

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (19.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.8%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,069 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during June, and the least (5.9%) in January.
Out of all 15,263 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.1%), False Alarm (14.8%), and Service Call (9.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lemont, IL
• 8,56756.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,25614.8%False Alarm
• 1,5099.9%Service Call
• 1,0697.0%Fire
• 1,0176.7%Hazardous Condition
• 8065.3%Good Intent Call
• 160.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (48.7%), and Structure Fires (32.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lemont, IL
• 52148.7%Outside Fires
• 35032.7%Structure Fires
• 14413.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 545.1%Other