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Pekin: 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 164. The highest number of fire incidents - 241 took place in 2003, and the least - 39 in 2006. The data has a declining trend.


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

Pekin:	53.8
Bartonville:	21.8
Creve Coeur:	26.7
East Peoria:	31.7
Morton:	18.6
Peoria:	55.5
Peoria Heights:	38.8
Washington:	44.0
Canton:	58.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Pekin:	4 minutes
East Peoria:	5 minutes
Morton:	8 minutes
Peoria:	4 minutes
Washington:	7 minutes
Canton:	5 minutes
Metamora:	8 minutes
Chillicothe:	9 minutes
Havana:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 15 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Pekin, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Pekin:	4.7
Peoria:	2.6

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of reported casualties - 15 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 22. This indicator was the highest - 62 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2017. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Pekin:	21.5
East Peoria:	12.3
Morton:	29.1
Peoria:	17.2
Washington:	8.7
Canton:	12.3
Metamora:	1.9
Chillicothe:	0.0
Havana:	1.1

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Friday.
Based on the 2,790 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in February.
Out of all 28,517 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.1%), Service Call (10.7%), and Fire (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pekin, IL
• 17,98563.1%Rescue & EMS
• 3,05810.7%Service Call
• 2,7909.8%Fire
• 2,1547.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,3414.7%False Alarm
• 1,0783.8%Good Intent Call
• 430.2%Special Incident
• 360.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 320.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.5%), and Structure Fires (39.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pekin, IL
• 1,21343.5%Outside Fires
• 1,09839.4%Structure Fires
• 30611.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1736.2%Other