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Northfield: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 15. The highest number of fires - 39 took place in 2005, and the least - 2 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Northfield, IL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Northfield:	21.0
Winnetka:	20.8
Glencoe:	7.8
Glenview:	16.3
Wilmette:	19.7
Northbrook:	21.9
Morton Grove:	14.8
Skokie:	12.6
Niles:	20.0

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (19.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.4%) on Sunday.
According to the 237 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (12.7%) took place during September, and the least (4.6%) in October.
Out of all 3,787 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (32.1%), Good Intent Call (30.6%), and Service Call (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Northfield, IL
• 1,21632.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,15930.6%Good Intent Call
• 41611.0%Service Call
• 40110.6%Hazardous Condition
• 3509.2%False Alarm
• 2376.3%Fire
• 40.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.5%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (21.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Northfield, IL
• 14159.5%Structure Fires
• 5121.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2912.2%Outside Fires
• 166.8%Other