The annual summary of state fire incidents, published by the Illinois State Fire Marshal, records the number and type of fire-related incidents each fire protection district responded to in the calendar year. Fires are categorized as structure fires, vehicle fires or other fires.
Total DeKalb County fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Shabbona Fire Protection Department
Shabbona
920
13
6
7
26
0.028
2
Shabbona Fire Protection Department
Shabbona
920
13
6
7
26
0.028
3
Malta Fire Protection District
Malta
1,160
9
1
6
16
0.014
4
Cortland Fire Protection Department
Cortland
4,336
22
1
10
33
0.008
5
Genoa-Kingston Fire Protection District
Genoa
5,220
24
2
13
39
0.007
6
Somonauk Fire Protection District
Somonauk
1,881
4
2
8
14
0.007
7
Hinckley Fire Protection Department
Hinckley
2,048
8
0
3
11
0.005
8
Sandwich Fire Protection Department
Sandwich
7,387
19
1
17
37
0.005
9
Sycamore Fire District
Sycamore
18,022
33
12
24
69
0.004
10
Dekalb Fire Department
DeKalb
43,193
63
15
59
137
0.003
11
Lee Community Fire Protection District
Sandwich
7,387
0
0
0
0
0.000
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