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Report: Which Quad Cities communities saw the most fires in 2017?

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Bishop Hill Fire Protection Department, Cordova Fire Protection District and Clover Twp Fire District recently reported responding to the most fire-related incidents per capita in Quad Cities 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 Quad Cities fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Bishop Hill Fire Protection Department
Bishop Hill
123
3
1
3
7
0.057
2
Cordova Fire Protection District
Cordova
655
13
2
9
24
0.037
3
Clover Twp Fire District
Woodhull
783
4
4
11
19
0.024
4
Toulon Fire Protection District
Alpha
646
6
2
4
12
0.019
5
Sherrard Fire Protection Department
Sherrard
598
4
1
5
10
0.017
6
Galva Fire District
Galva
2,503
5
4
11
20
0.008
7
Cambridge Fire Protection District
Cambridge
2,099
4
2
9
15
0.007
8
Orion Fire Protection Department
Orion
1,816
1
0
9
10
0.006
9
East Moline City Fire District
East Moline
21,109
28
11
51
90
0.004
10
Atkinson Fire Protection Distr
Atkinson
953
2
0
2
4
0.004
11
Geneseo Fire District
Geneseo
6,533
7
5
14
26
0.004
12
Coal Valley Fire District
Coal Valley
3,775
6
3
5
14
0.004
13
Kewanee City Fire District
Kewanee
12,473
18
9
19
46
0.004
14
Keithsburg Volunteer Fire Department
Keithsburg
579
1
0
1
2
0.003
15
Hampton Fire District
Hampton
1,814
2
1
1
4
0.002
16
Moline Fire District
Moline
42,231
31
21
20
72
0.002
17
Kewanee Fire Protection Department
Kewanee
12,473
3
2
13
18
0.001
18
Aledo Fire Protection District
Aledo
3,477
2
0
0
2
0.001
19
Carbon Cliff-Barstow Fire Dist
Carbon Cliff
2,013
0
0
0
0
0.000
20
Hillsdale Fire Prot. Dist
Hillsdale
511
0
0
0
0
0.000

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