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Petersburg: 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 fires per year is 31. The highest number of fires - 52 took place in 2009, and the least - 16 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Petersburg:	9 minutes
Sherman:	9 minutes
Springfield:	5 minutes
Havana:	8 minutes
Chatham:	6 minutes
Lincoln:	5 minutes
Jacksonville:	4 minutes
Lewistown:	9 minutes

24.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.0%) on Sunday.
Based on the 525 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.1%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in December.
Out of all 2,196 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (49.7%), Fire (23.9%), and Service Call (10.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Petersburg, IL
• 1,09149.7%Rescue & EMS
• 52523.9%Fire
• 23110.5%Good Intent Call
• 1828.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1235.6%False Alarm
• 381.7%Service Call
• 50.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.7%), and Structure Fires (37.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Petersburg, IL
• 24546.7%Outside Fires
• 19637.3%Structure Fires
• 5811.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 265.0%Other