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Shelbyville: Fire Incidents, Illinois (IL)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of reported fires - 74 took place in 2007, and the least - 18 in 2016. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Shelbyville:	6 minutes
Pana:	7 minutes
Sullivan:	7 minutes
Mattoon:	4 minutes
Effingham:	4 minutes
Taylorville:	6 minutes
Decatur:	5 minutes
Charleston:	3 minutes
Vandalia:	8 minutes

34.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.9%) on Wednesday.
According to the 678 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in January.
Out of all 1,183 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (57.3%), Rescue & EMS (18.1%), and Hazardous Condition (11.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Shelbyville, IL
• 67857.3%Fire
• 21418.1%Hazardous Condition
• 13611.5%Service Call
• 857.2%False Alarm
• 544.6%Good Intent Call
• 100.8%Severe Weather
• 60.5%Rescue & EMS
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (39.2%), and Structure Fires (37.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Shelbyville, IL
• 26639.2%Outside Fires
• 25137.0%Structure Fires
• 9814.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 639.3%Other