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.
DeKalb County structure fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Shabbona Fire Protection Department
Shabbona
920
13
0.014
2
Shabbona Fire Protection Department
Shabbona
920
13
0.014
3
Malta Fire Protection District
Malta
1,160
9
0.008
4
Cortland Fire Protection Department
Cortland
4,336
22
0.005
5
Genoa-Kingston Fire Protection District
Genoa
5,220
24
0.005
6
Hinckley Fire Protection Department
Hinckley
2,048
8
0.004
7
Sandwich Fire Protection Department
Sandwich
7,387
19
0.003
8
Somonauk Fire Protection District
Somonauk
1,881
4
0.002
9
Sycamore Fire District
Sycamore
18,022
33
0.002
10
Dekalb Fire Department
DeKalb
43,193
63
0.001
11
Lee Community Fire Protection District
Sandwich
7,387
0
0.000
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