Prospect Heights: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)
Where are fire incidents reported in Prospect Heights, IL
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Prospect Heights, IL
- 5,08554.7%Rescue & EMS
- 1,13412.2%False Alarm
- 9149.8%Hazardous Condition
- 7468.0%Fire
- 7207.7%Service Call
- 6777.3%Good Intent Call
- 100.1%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Prospect Heights, IL
- 42056.3%Structure Fires
- 23631.6%Outside Fires
- 638.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 273.6%Other
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 44. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 63 took place in 2013, and the least - 4 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Prospect Heights, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Prospect Heights: | 27.4 |
| Wheeling: | 19.4 |
| Arlington Heights: | 3.7 |
| Mount Prospect: | 18.4 |
| Buffalo Grove: | 20.4 |
| Northbrook: | 21.9 |
| Des Plaines: | 30.8 |
| Rolling Meadows: | 23.9 |
| Palatine: | 20.6 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is close to the Illinois median value.The median response time in Prospect Heights, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Prospect Heights: | 5 minutes |
| Wheeling: | 5 minutes |
| Arlington Heights: | 5 minutes |
| Mount Prospect: | 5 minutes |
| Buffalo Grove: | 5 minutes |
| Northbrook: | 5 minutes |
| Des Plaines: | 5 minutes |
| Rolling Meadows: | 5 minutes |
| Palatine: | 5 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 19. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Prospect Heights, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Prospect Heights: | 20.1 |
| Wheeling: | 57.3 |
| Arlington Heights: | 31.4 |
| Mount Prospect: | 28.0 |
| Buffalo Grove: | 19.4 |
| Northbrook: | 17.2 |
| Des Plaines: | 37.0 |
| Rolling Meadows: | 19.4 |
| Palatine: | 16.4 |
30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.7%) on Friday.
According to the 746 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during November, and the least (4.2%) in August.
Out of all 9,296 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.7%), False Alarm (12.2%), and Hazardous Condition (9.8%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.3%), and Outside Fires (31.6%).