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Palos Park: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 65. The highest number of fire incidents - 104 took place in 2010, and the least - 1 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Palos Park:	5 minutes
Palos Heights:	6 minutes
Palos Hills:	4 minutes
Worth:	4 minutes
Orland Park:	5 minutes
Chicago Ridge:	5 minutes
Hickory Hills:	4 minutes
Crestwood:	4 minutes
Alsip:	5 minutes

31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.9%) on Monday.
Based on the 1,035 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.7%) in February.
Out of all 14,143 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.6%), False Alarm (10.0%), and Service Call (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palos Park, IL
• 8,29458.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,42110.0%False Alarm
• 1,3189.3%Service Call
• 1,0437.4%Good Intent Call
• 1,0357.3%Fire
• 9786.9%Hazardous Condition
• 260.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 250.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (51.3%), and Outside Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palos Park, IL
• 53151.3%Structure Fires
• 28727.7%Outside Fires
• 12311.9%Other
• 949.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires