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Report: Which Kankakee County communities saw the most structure 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 structure fire 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.

Kankakee County structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Aroma Park Fire Protection District
Aroma Park
701
24
0.034
2
Grant Park Fire Protection District
Grant Park
1,260
42
0.033
3
Essex Fire Protection District
Essex
771
15
0.019
4
Sheldon Dist Fire District
Sheldon
988
15
0.015
5
Momence Fire Protection District
Momence
3,149
42
0.013
6
Ashkum Fire Department
Ashkum
715
9
0.013
7
Gilman Fire Protection Department
Gilman
1,702
6
0.004
8
Onarga Fire Protection District
Onarga
1,287
4
0.003
9
Kankakee Fire District
Kankakee
26,216
77
0.003
10
Watseka Volunteer Fire Department
Watseka
4,919
11
0.002
11
Manteno Fire District
Manteno
9,021
20
0.002
12
Milford Fire Protection District
Milford
1,208
2
0.002
13
Bourbonnais Fire Prot. Dist
Bourbonnais
18,420
28
0.002
14
Kankakee Twp Fire Protection District
Kankakee
26,216
4
0.000
15
Beaverville Fire Protection District
Ashkum
715
0
0.000
16
Danforth Twp Fire Protection District
Chebanse
994
0
0.000
17
Otto Twp Fire Protection District
Chebanse
994
0
0.000
18
Chebanse Twp. Fire
Chebanse
994
0
0.000
19
Cissna Park Fire Protection District
Cissna Park
785
0
0.000
20
St Anne Fire Protection District
St. Anne
1,193
0
0.000

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