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Rockford: 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 fires per year is 614. The highest number of fires - 964 took place in 2012, and the least - 85 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Rockford:	49.6
Loves Park:	28.6
Machesney Park:	32.0
Roscoe:	46.8
Belvidere:	48.8
Rockton:	74.1
Poplar Grove:	31.0
South Beloit:	46.2
Genoa:	68.9

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 Rockford, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Rockford:	5 minutes
Loves Park:	9 minutes
Machesney Park:	7 minutes
Winnebago:	12 minutes
Roscoe:	6 minutes
Belvidere:	5 minutes
Rockton:	7 minutes
Byron:	7 minutes
Oregon:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 7 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Rockford, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Rockford:	2.2
DeKalb:	2.3

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 10. The highest number of injuries - 32 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 46 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Rockford:	16.6
Loves Park:	11.2
Machesney Park:	7.3
Winnebago:	1.7
Roscoe:	6.5
Belvidere:	5.6
Rockton:	2.1
Byron:	5.3
Oregon:	5.7

36.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 10,435 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during July, and the least (5.3%) in February.
Out of all 140,302 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (69.5%), Fire (7.4%), and Service Call (6.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockford, IL
• 97,50869.5%Rescue & EMS
• 10,4357.4%Fire
• 9,6356.9%Service Call
• 9,3116.6%Hazardous Condition
• 6,9845.0%False Alarm
• 6,0804.3%Good Intent Call
• 1690.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (47.8%), and Outside Fires (31.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockford, IL
• 4,98947.8%Structure Fires
• 3,26131.3%Outside Fires
• 2,00519.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1801.7%Other