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Report: Which West Central Illinois communities saw the most structure fires in 2017?

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Emmet-Chalmers Fire Protection District, Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District and Arenzville Fire & Rescue reported responding to the most structure fire incidents per capita in West Central Illinois in 2017, according to the latest state report.

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.

West Central Illinois structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Emmet-Chalmers Fire Protection District
Georgetown
516
10
0.019
2
Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District
Good Hope
372
7
0.019
3
Arenzville Fire & Rescue
Arenzville
377
6
0.016
4
Pleasant Hill Fire Protection District
Pleasant Hill
932
9
0.010
5
Griggsville Fire District
Griggsville
1,163
10
0.009
6
South Jacksonville Fire District
South Jacksonville
3,165
22
0.007
7
White Hall Volunteer Fire Department
White Hall
2,372
14
0.006
8
Bureau Fire Protection District
Barry
1,263
7
0.006
9
North Pike Fire Protection District
Perry
387
2
0.005
10
Beardstown Fire District
Beardstown
5,581
22
0.004
11
Carrollton Fire Protection District
Carrollton
2,441
8
0.003
12
Roodhouse Fire Protection District
Roodhouse
1,706
4
0.002
13
Virginia Volunteer Fire Department
Virginia
1,476
3
0.002
14
Rushville Fire District
Rushville
2,968
6
0.002
15
Pittsfield City Fire District
Pittsfield
4,419
9
0.002
16
Nauvoo Fire Protection District
Nauvoo
1,077
2
0.002
17
Macomb Fire District
Macomb
18,267
34
0.002
18
Augusta Fire Protection District
Augusta
553
1
0.002
19
Hamilton Fire District
Hamilton
2,768
5
0.002
20
Ashland Volunteer Fire Department
Ashland
1,219
2
0.002

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