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Madison: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 29. The highest number of fires - 58 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Illinois median value.


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

Madison:	6 minutes
Granite City:	3 minutes
Washington Park:	5 minutes
East St. Louis:	6 minutes
Pontoon Beach:	7 minutes
Alorton:	5 minutes
Caseyville:	6 minutes
Centreville:	7 minutes
Collinsville:	5 minutes

34.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.4%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 501 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in February.
Out of all 1,072 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (46.7%), Rescue & EMS (23.0%), and Hazardous Condition (11.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Madison, IL
• 50146.7%Fire
• 24723.0%Rescue & EMS
• 12111.3%Hazardous Condition
• 686.3%False Alarm
• 676.3%Good Intent Call
• 605.6%Service Call
• 60.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.7%), and Outside Fires (22.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Madison, IL
• 28456.7%Structure Fires
• 11322.6%Outside Fires
• 7414.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 306.0%Other