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Litchfield: 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 44. The highest number of fire incidents - 63 took place in 2007, and the least - 26 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.


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

Litchfield:	71.2
Hillsboro:	26.8
Staunton:	45.5
Carlinville:	72.4
Greenville:	63.4
Bethalto:	16.0
Highland:	28.6
Edwardsville:	34.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Litchfield:	4 minutes
Greenville:	7 minutes
Brighton:	8 minutes
Edwardsville:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.



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

Litchfield:	10.8
Greenville:	4.7
Brighton:	13.5
Edwardsville:	6.5

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.9%) on Friday.
According to the 740 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in May.
Out of all 6,613 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.4%), Fire (11.2%), and Hazardous Condition (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Litchfield, IL
• 4,65370.4%Rescue & EMS
• 74011.2%Fire
• 67410.2%Hazardous Condition
• 2784.2%False Alarm
• 1261.9%Good Intent Call
• 1251.9%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (38.1%), and Structure Fires (35.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Litchfield, IL
• 28238.1%Outside Fires
• 26035.1%Structure Fires
• 12216.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7610.3%Other