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 Carbondale fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Ava Volunteer Fire Department
Ava
625
3
2
7
12
0.019
2
Carterville Fire District
Carterville
5,827
25
8
24
57
0.010
3
Murphysboro Fire District
Murphysboro
7,568
30
7
19
56
0.007
4
Marion Fire District
Marion
17,762
38
17
58
113
0.006
5
Campbell Hill Rural Fire District
Ava
625
0
0
3
3
0.005
6
Carbondale Fire District
Carbondale
25,899
51
8
52
111
0.004
7
Herrin Fire District
Herrin
12,880
20
5
18
43
0.003
8
Cambria Fire District
Cambria
1,280
2
0
0
2
0.002
9
Elkville Fire District
Elkville
881
0
1
0
1
0.001
10
Bush Volunteer Fire Department
Bush
270
0
0
0
0
0.000
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