The annual summary of state fire incidents, published by the Illinois State Fire Marshal, records the number and type of fire-related incidents each fire protection district responded to in the calendar year. Fires are categorized as structure fires, vehicle fires or other fires.
South Central Illinois vehicle fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Vehicle fires
Fires per capita
1
Smithboro Fire Protection District
Smithboro
163
9
0.055
2
Ashley Fire Protection District
Ashley
496
6
0.012
3
Medora Volunteer Fire Department
Medora
398
3
0.008
4
Shoal Creek Fire Protection District
Sorento
463
3
0.006
5
Raymond-Harvel Fire District
Raymond
954
6
0.006
6
Nashville Fire Protection Department
Nashville
3,057
14
0.005
7
Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Protection District
Brighton
2,151
9
0.004
8
Sandoval Fire Protection District
Sandoval
1,221
5
0.004
9
Hoyleton Fire Protection District
Hoyleton
501
2
0.004
10
Ramsey Fire Protection District
Ramsey
1,015
4
0.004
11
Okawville Fire Protection District
Okawville
1,376
4
0.003
12
Unit 7 Fire Protection District
Gillespie
3,142
7
0.002
13
Bunker Hill Fire Protection District
Bunker Hill
1,691
3
0.002
14
Carlinville Volunteer Fire Department
Carlinville
5,550
9
0.002
15
Palmyra Volunteer Fire Department
Palmyra
667
1
0.001
16
Virden Fire Protection District
Virden
3,366
5
0.001
17
St Elmo Fire Protection District
St. Elmo
1,384
2
0.001
18
Nokomis Area Fire Protection District
Nokomis
2,140
3
0.001
19
Pana Fire Dept
Pana
5,522
7
0.001
20
Greenville Fire Protection District
Greenville
6,761
9
0.001
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Greenville Fire Protection District• Okawville Fire Protection District• Bunker Hill Fire Protection District• Palmyra Vfd• Medora Vfd• Ramsey Fpd• Hoyleton Fire Protection District• Raymond Harvel Fire Department• Brighton Betsey Ann Fpd• Ashley Fire Protection District• Nokomis Area Fire Protection District• Nashville Cfpd• Unit 7 Fire Protection District• Pana Fire Dept• Smithboro Fire Protection District• Sandoval Fire Protection District• Shoal Creek Fire Protection District• St. Elmo Fpd• Carlinville Vfd• Virden Fire Protection District
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