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

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Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District, Mt Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District and Lexington Fire Protection District reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in McLean 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 McLean County fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District
Strawn
95
1
0
4
5
0.053
2
Mt Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District
McLean
803
5
7
6
18
0.022
3
Lexington Fire Protection District
Lexington
2,047
15
9
15
39
0.019
4
Colfax Fire District
Colfax
1,026
8
3
1
12
0.012
5
Danvers Fire District
Danvers
1,115
2
1
9
12
0.011
6
Randolph Twp Fire Protection District
Heyworth
2,885
15
3
9
27
0.009
7
Dwight Fire Protection District
Dwight
4,038
11
13
13
37
0.009
8
Fairbury Rural Fire Protection District
Fairbury
3,596
20
2
6
28
0.008
9
Allin Twp Fire Protection District
Stanford
586
0
1
3
4
0.007
10
Octavia Fire Protection District - Cropsey
Colfax
1,026
5
1
1
7
0.007
11
Hudson Fire Protection Department
Hudson
1,825
1
2
8
11
0.006
12
Pontiac Fire District
Pontiac
11,809
30
8
28
66
0.006
13
Downs Fire District
Downs
974
1
1
2
4
0.004
14
Buckley Fire Protection District
Fairbury
3,596
5
2
1
8
0.002
15
Normal Fire District
Normal
54,284
47
12
35
94
0.002
16
Reddick Fire Protection District
Pontiac
11,809
0
0
2
2
0.000
17
Cornell Volunteer Fire Department
Cornell
448
0
0
0
0
0.000
18
Ellsworth Fire District
Ellsworth
195
0
0
0
0
0.000
19
Chenoa Fire Protection District
Normal
54,284
0
0
0
0
0.000
20
Flanagan-Graymont Fire Protection District
Pontiac
11,809
0
0
0
0
0.000

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