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Zion: 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 101. The highest number of fires - 174 took place in 2018, and the least - 13 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Zion:	55.8
Beach Park:	45.0
Winthrop Harbor:	34.2
Waukegan:	31.8
Gurnee:	23.7
Park City:	14.8
North Chicago:	29.5
Lindenhurst:	8.1
Gages Lake:	1.3

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


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

Zion:	5 minutes
Beach Park:	6 minutes
Winthrop Harbor:	5 minutes
Wadsworth:	7 minutes
Waukegan:	5 minutes
Gurnee:	6 minutes
North Chicago:	3 minutes
Lake Bluff:	5 minutes
Grayslake:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 41 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Zion:	11.7
Beach Park:	8.1
Winthrop Harbor:	15.2
Wadsworth:	5.1
Waukegan:	23.1
Gurnee:	25.4
North Chicago:	6.9
Lake Bluff:	9.5
Grayslake:	15.9

33.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.7%) on Friday.
According to the 1,713 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during July, and the least (6.0%) in February.
Out of all 19,661 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.3%), Fire (8.7%), and Service Call (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Zion, IL
• 12,64764.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,7138.7%Fire
• 1,6028.1%Service Call
• 1,4337.3%False Alarm
• 1,0935.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,0575.4%Good Intent Call
• 1040.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (61.8%), and Outside Fires (26.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zion, IL
• 1,05961.8%Structure Fires
• 45226.4%Outside Fires
• 1599.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 432.5%Other