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Report: Which Illinois Valley communities saw the most structure fires in 2017?

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Grand Ridge Fire District, South Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department and Mazon Fire Protection District reported responding to the most structure fire incidents per capita in Illinois Valley 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.

Illinois Valley structure fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Structure fires per capita
1
Grand Ridge Fire District
Grand Ridge
529
19
0.036
2
South Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department
South Wilmington
652
17
0.026
3
Mazon Fire Protection District
Mazon
971
19
0.020
4
Leland Fire Protection Department
Leland
928
18
0.019
5
Seneca Fire District
Seneca
2,268
21
0.009
6
Tiskilwa Rural Fire Protection District
Tiskilwa
778
7
0.009
7
Utica Fire District
North Utica
1,344
11
0.008
8
Magnolia Fire District
Magnolia
249
2
0.008
9
Cedar Point Fire District
Cedar Point
261
2
0.008
10
Earlville Fire Protection Department
Earlville
1,610
12
0.007
11
Walnut Fire District Inc
Walnut
1,335
6
0.004
12
Lasalle Fire District
LaSalle
9,120
23
0.003
13
Spring Valley Fire District
Spring Valley
5,239
12
0.002
14
Granville Fire District
Granville
1,319
3
0.002
15
Lamoille Fire Protection District
La Moille
691
1
0.001
16
Braceville Fire District
Braceville
761
1
0.001
17
Sheridan Fire Protection District
Sheridan
2,712
3
0.001
18
Peru Fire District
Peru
9,834
10
0.001
19
Ottawa Fire District
Ottawa
18,180
18
0.001
20
Mendota Fire Dept
Mendota
7,099
7
0.001

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