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Report: Which Kane County communities saw the most fires in 2017?

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Big Rock Fire Protection District, East Dundee-Countryside Fire Protection District and Elburn & Countryside Fire Protection District St reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Kane County 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.

Total Kane County fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Big Rock Fire Protection District
Big Rock
1,155
11
4
10
25
0.022
2
East Dundee-Countryside Fire Protection District
East Dundee
3,192
36
9
9
54
0.017
3
Elburn & Countryside Fire Protection District St
Elburn
5,863
43
4
25
72
0.012
4
Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District
Sleepy Hollow
3,313
16
4
13
33
0.010
5
Hampshire Fire Protection District
Hampshire
6,347
27
8
15
50
0.008
6
West Dundee Fire District
West Dundee
7,352
18
0
11
29
0.004
7
Geneva Fire District
Geneva
22,010
48
4
23
75
0.003
8
St Charles Fire District
St. Charles
32,714
67
9
28
104
0.003
9
Elgin Fire District
Elgin
112,456
188
38
106
332
0.003
10
Batavia Fire District
Batavia
26,563
39
5
24
68
0.003
11
Carpentersville Fire District
Carpentersville
38,162
37
10
27
74
0.002

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