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Skokie: 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 99. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 142 took place in 2004, and the least - 70 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Skokie:	12.6
Lincolnwood:	16.8
Morton Grove:	14.8
Evanston:	15.6
Wilmette:	19.7
Niles:	20.0
Winnetka:	20.8
Northfield:	21.0
Glenview:	16.3

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


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

Skokie:	5 minutes
Lincolnwood:	4 minutes
Morton Grove:	4 minutes
Evanston:	4 minutes
Wilmette:	4 minutes
Niles:	4 minutes
Winnetka:	4 minutes
Glenview:	5 minutes
Park Ridge:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 8 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 21. This indicator was the highest - 75 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Skokie:	21.4
Lincolnwood:	22.0
Morton Grove:	3.5
Evanston:	23.0
Wilmette:	5.0
Niles:	11.2
Winnetka:	15.2
Glenview:	17.9
Park Ridge:	16.8

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.8%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,679 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during July, and the least (4.4%) in February.
Out of all 44,691 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.8%), False Alarm (14.1%), and Service Call (13.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Skokie, IL
• 23,16251.8%Rescue & EMS
• 6,30114.1%False Alarm
• 6,19413.9%Service Call
• 5,38312.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,7063.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,6793.8%Fire
• 1240.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 1060.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (37.5%), and Structure Fires (33.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Skokie, IL
• 62937.5%Outside Fires
• 55733.2%Structure Fires
• 38823.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1056.3%Other