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 Lake County fires in 2017
Rank
Department
City
Population
Structure fires
Vehicle fires
Other fires
Total fires
Fires per capita
1
Knollwood Fire District
Knollwood
1,729
10
2
5
17
0.010
2
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District
Lincolnshire
7,336
49
3
18
70
0.010
3
Winthrop Harbor Volunteer Fire Department
Winthrop Harbor
6,745
43
4
14
61
0.009
4
Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District
Round Lake
18,444
93
5
35
133
0.007
5
Lake Forest Fire District
Lincolnshire
7,336
29
8
10
47
0.006
6
Long Grove Fire Protection District
Long Grove
8,026
42
4
5
51
0.006
7
Wauconda Fire District
Wauconda
13,737
53
6
28
87
0.006
8
Barrington-Countryside Fire Protection District
Lake Barrington
4,905
8
2
19
29
0.006
9
Lake Bluff Fire District
Lake Bluff
5,662
16
3
10
29
0.005
10
Libertyville Fire District
Libertyville
20,490
65
21
14
100
0.005
11
First Fire Protection District Of Antioch
Antioch
14,235
37
6
19
62
0.004
12
Lake Zurich Fire District
Lake Zurich
19,903
44
10
25
79
0.004
13
Countryside Fire Protection District
Vernon Hills
26,253
77
7
19
103
0.004
14
Gurnee Fire District
Gurnee
30,767
66
25
30
121
0.004
15
Central Warren Fire Protection District
Gages Lake
10,041
12
5
15
32
0.003
16
Zion Fire & Rescue
Zion
23,952
34
9
29
72
0.003
17
Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District
Deerfield
18,946
26
10
19
55
0.003
18
Grayslake Fire Protection District
Grayslake
20,957
22
8
16
46
0.002
19
Beckmeyer-Wade Twp Fire Protection District
Wadsworth
3,707
3
1
4
8
0.002
20
Buffalo Grove Fire District
Buffalo Grove
41,226
45
7
34
86
0.002
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Long Grove Rural Fire Protection District• Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District• Beckmeyer-Wade Twp Fpd• Countryside Fire Protection District• First Fire Protection District of Antioch• Winthrop Harbor Vfd• Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fpd• Libertyville Fd• Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District• Wauconda Fire District• Lake Bluff Fd• Barrington-Countryside Fpd• Grayslake Fire Protection District• Knollwood Fd• Lake Zurich Fd• Zion Fire & Rescue• Buffalo Grove Fd• Lake Forest Fd• Gurnee Fd• Central Warren Fpd
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