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Palatine: 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 176. The highest number of fires - 235 took place in 2004, and the least - 122 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Palatine:	20.6
Rolling Meadows:	23.9
Inverness:	18.9
Arlington Heights:	3.7
Buffalo Grove:	20.4
Barrington:	52.1
Hoffman Estates:	20.1
Lake Zurich:	28.1
Wheeling:	19.4

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


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

Palatine:	5 minutes
Rolling Meadows:	5 minutes
Arlington Heights:	5 minutes
Buffalo Grove:	5 minutes
Barrington:	7 minutes
Hoffman Estates:	5 minutes
Lake Zurich:	8 minutes
Wheeling:	5 minutes
Prospect Heights:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


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

Palatine:	1.3
Libertyville:	0.3
Addison:	1.6
Elgin:	1.4

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of injuries - 8 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 38 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the Illinois value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Palatine:	16.4
Rolling Meadows:	19.4
Arlington Heights:	31.4
Buffalo Grove:	19.4
Barrington:	5.8
Hoffman Estates:	23.6
Lake Zurich:	23.2
Wheeling:	57.3
Prospect Heights:	20.1

28.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.0%) on Saturday.
Based on the 2,985 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.6%) in January.
Out of all 39,615 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.3%), False Alarm (12.8%), and Hazardous Condition (11.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palatine, IL
• 21,89055.3%Rescue & EMS
• 5,05112.8%False Alarm
• 4,60011.6%Hazardous Condition
• 3,0877.8%Good Intent Call
• 2,9857.5%Fire
• 1,8824.8%Service Call
• 890.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.7%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palatine, IL
• 1,45548.7%Structure Fires
• 1,02434.3%Outside Fires
• 38412.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1224.1%Other