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Taylorville: 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 fire incidents per year is 89. The highest number of fires - 122 took place in 2006, and the least - 12 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.


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

Taylorville:	94.2
Pana:	92.5
Chatham:	34.4
Springfield:	46.5
Hillsboro:	26.8
Decatur:	53.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Taylorville:	6 minutes
Pana:	7 minutes
Chatham:	6 minutes
Springfield:	5 minutes
Shelbyville:	6 minutes
Decatur:	5 minutes
Sherman:	9 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 42 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Taylorville:	9.2
Pana:	16.0
Chatham:	8.9
Springfield:	17.9
Shelbyville:	5.9
Decatur:	34.3
Sherman:	5.8

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,519 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in December.
Out of all 9,331 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.2%), Fire (16.3%), and Hazardous Condition (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Taylorville, IL
• 4,50148.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,51916.3%Fire
• 1,35614.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,08911.7%Service Call
• 5606.0%False Alarm
• 2502.7%Good Intent Call
• 270.3%Severe Weather
• 190.2%Special Incident
• 100.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (46.1%), and Structure Fires (41.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Taylorville, IL
• 70146.1%Outside Fires
• 63541.8%Structure Fires
• 15910.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 241.6%Other