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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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

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Knollwood Fire District, Lake Forest Fire District and Libertyville Fire District reported responding to the most vehicle fire incidents per capita in Lake 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.

Lake County vehicle fires in 2017

Rank
Department
City
Population
Vehicle fires
Fires per capita
1
Knollwood Fire District
Knollwood
1,729
2
0.001
2
Lake Forest Fire District
Lincolnshire
7,336
8
0.001
3
Libertyville Fire District
Libertyville
20,490
21
0.001
4
Gurnee Fire District
Gurnee
30,767
25
0.001
5
Winthrop Harbor Volunteer Fire Department
Winthrop Harbor
6,745
4
0.001
6
Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District
Deerfield
18,946
10
0.001
7
Lake Zurich Fire District
Lake Zurich
19,903
10
0.001
8
Lake Bluff Fire District
Lake Bluff
5,662
3
0.001
9
Long Grove Fire Protection District
Long Grove
8,026
4
0.000
10
Barrington Fire District
Barrington
10,297
5
0.000
11
Central Warren Fire Protection District
Gages Lake
10,041
5
0.000
12
Barrington-Countryside Fire Protection District
Lake Barrington
4,905
2
0.000
13
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District
Lincolnshire
7,336
3
0.000
14
First Fire Protection District Of Antioch
Antioch
14,235
6
0.000
15
Wauconda Fire District
Wauconda
13,737
6
0.000
16
Grayslake Fire Protection District
Grayslake
20,957
8
0.000
17
Zion Fire & Rescue
Zion
23,952
9
0.000
18
Beckmeyer-Wade Twp Fire Protection District
Wadsworth
3,707
1
0.000
19
Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District
Round Lake
18,444
5
0.000
20
Countryside Fire Protection District
Vernon Hills
26,253
7
0.000

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