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West Salem: 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 11. The highest number of fire incidents - 26 took place in 2017, and the least - 1 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (9.5%) on Friday.
Based on the 189 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (19.0%) took place during September, and the least (5.3%) in July.
Out of all 268 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (70.5%), Overpressure Rupture (16.8%), and Hazardous Condition (4.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Salem, IL
• 18970.5%Fire
• 4516.8%Rescue & EMS
• 134.9%Service Call
• 93.4%Good Intent Call
• 72.6%Hazardous Condition
• 41.5%False Alarm
• 10.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.7%), and Structure Fires (33.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Salem, IL
• 7740.7%Outside Fires
• 6433.9%Structure Fires
• 3317.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 157.9%Other