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

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Aroma Park Fire Protection District, Grant Park Fire Protection District and Essex Fire Protection District reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Aroma Park Fire Protection District
Aroma Park
701
24
3
30
57
0.081
2
Grant Park Fire Protection District
Grant Park
1,260
42
0
18
60
0.048
3
Essex Fire Protection District
Essex
771
15
1
8
24
0.031
4
Ashkum Fire Department
Ashkum
715
9
1
9
19
0.027
5
Momence Fire Protection District
Momence
3,149
42
4
28
74
0.023
6
Sheldon Dist Fire District
Sheldon
988
15
0
4
19
0.019
7
Gilman Fire Protection Department
Gilman
1,702
6
2
9
17
0.010
8
Onarga Fire Protection District
Onarga
1,287
4
3
2
9
0.007
9
Kankakee Fire District
Kankakee
26,216
77
23
41
141
0.005
10
Manteno Fire District
Manteno
9,021
20
7
17
44
0.005
11
Watseka Volunteer Fire Department
Watseka
4,919
11
2
3
16
0.003
12
Bourbonnais Fire Prot. Dist
Bourbonnais
18,420
28
12
17
57
0.003
13
Milford Fire Protection District
Milford
1,208
2
0
0
2
0.002
14
Kankakee Twp Fire Protection District
Kankakee
26,216
4
5
6
15
0.001
15
Beaverville Fire Protection District
Ashkum
715
0
0
0
0
0.000
16
Danforth Twp Fire Protection District
Chebanse
994
0
0
0
0
0.000
17
Otto Twp Fire Protection District
Chebanse
994
0
0
0
0
0.000
18
Chebanse Twp. Fire
Chebanse
994
0
0
0
0
0.000
19
Cissna Park Fire Protection District
Cissna Park
785
0
0
0
0
0.000
20
St Anne Fire Protection District
St. Anne
1,193
0
0
0
0
0.000

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