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Rolling Meadows: 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 64. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 90 took place in 2005, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Rolling Meadows:	23.9
Arlington Heights:	3.7
Palatine:	20.6
Schaumburg:	18.3
Inverness:	18.9
Mount Prospect:	18.4
Hoffman Estates:	20.1
Elk Grove Village:	36.0
Prospect Heights:	27.4

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

Rolling Meadows:	5 minutes
Arlington Heights:	5 minutes
Palatine:	5 minutes
Schaumburg:	5 minutes
Mount Prospect:	5 minutes
Hoffman Estates:	5 minutes
Elk Grove Village:	5 minutes
Prospect Heights:	5 minutes
Wheeling:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 5 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 18. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2006, 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 fire incidents is higher.



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

Rolling Meadows:	19.4
Arlington Heights:	31.4
Palatine:	16.4
Schaumburg:	9.7
Mount Prospect:	28.0
Hoffman Estates:	23.6
Elk Grove Village:	14.2
Prospect Heights:	20.1
Wheeling:	57.3

32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.1%) on Saturday.
Based on the 1,085 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during July, and the least (5.3%) in February.
Out of all 19,143 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.3%), False Alarm (13.9%), and Hazardous Condition (10.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rolling Meadows, IL
• 11,34959.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2,66513.9%False Alarm
• 1,97010.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4267.4%Good Intent Call
• 1,0855.7%Fire
• 6043.2%Service Call
• 290.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.3%), and Outside Fires (26.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rolling Meadows, IL
• 55751.3%Structure Fires
• 28726.5%Outside Fires
• 20018.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 413.8%Other