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Canton: 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 77. The highest number of fire incidents - 104 took place in 2003, and the least - 47 in 2015. The data has a rising trend.


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

Canton:	58.0
Bartonville:	21.8
Pekin:	53.8
Creve Coeur:	26.7
Peoria:	55.5
East Peoria:	31.7
Peoria Heights:	38.8
Morton:	18.6
Galesburg:	35.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is close to the Illinois median value.


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

Canton:	5 minutes
Lewistown:	9 minutes
Havana:	8 minutes
Pekin:	4 minutes
Peoria:	4 minutes
East Peoria:	5 minutes
Morton:	8 minutes
Galesburg:	4 minutes
Washington:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 83 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the Illinois value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Canton:	12.3
Lewistown:	3.6
Havana:	1.1
Pekin:	21.5
Peoria:	17.2
East Peoria:	12.3
Morton:	29.1
Galesburg:	19.7
Washington:	8.7

27.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,303 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.5%) in February.
Out of all 14,669 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.0%), Service Call (15.1%), and Good Intent Call (10.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, IL
• 8,20856.0%Rescue & EMS
• 2,21815.1%Service Call
• 1,55310.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,3038.9%Fire
• 8125.5%Hazardous Condition
• 5533.8%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.4%), and Outside Fires (38.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, IL
• 54041.4%Structure Fires
• 50338.6%Outside Fires
• 22117.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 393.0%Other