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Glen Carbon: 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 fires per year is 25. The highest number of fire incidents - 43 took place in 2006, and the least - 14 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Glen Carbon, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Glen Carbon:	17.8
Maryville:	3.8
Edwardsville:	34.3
Troy:	44.4
Pontoon Beach:	67.6
Collinsville:	53.9
Granite City:	49.8
Wood River:	55.0
Bethalto:	16.0

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
31.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
According to the 427 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.6%) took place during June, and the least (7.3%) in February.
Out of all 7,810 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (76.0%), Rescue & EMS (7.2%), and Fire (5.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Glen Carbon, IL
• 5,93276.0%Rescue & EMS
• 5667.2%Hazardous Condition
• 4275.5%Fire
• 4155.3%False Alarm
• 3624.6%Good Intent Call
• 951.2%Service Call
• 100.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.4%), and Outside Fires (29.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Glen Carbon, IL
• 18142.4%Structure Fires
• 12629.5%Outside Fires
• 8820.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 327.5%Other