Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois

Aurora Fire Department

Aurora, IL · ~233 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aurora Fire Department runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Aurora Fire Department: 9.0 TCR = 281% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aurora Fire Department safety composite

Aurora Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 8.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Aurora Fire Department: 8.6 → 9.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2023

Aurora Fire Department's TCR rose 0.8 from 8.6 in 2022 to 9.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 281% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #122/262
  • PHOTO Oswego Fire Protecti…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oswego Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aurora Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Aurora Fire Department averages 9.0 TCR (281% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Aurora Fire Department TCR series: 2022=8.6 · 2023=9.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Aurora Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #122 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.

Aurora Fire Department (233 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Aurora Fire Department
Aurora Fire Department (233 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Aurora Fire Department has more employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 9.4 6.1 14 12 0
2022 8.6 8.2 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Aurora

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Oswego Fire Protection District 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Asheville Fire Department 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR County Fire/ Special Districts 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE INEOS Joliet 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bradley Services, Inc 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE M. Block & Sons Bedford Park 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10D8144 PHARMA CHICAGOLAND DC 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Landmark of Baton Rouge 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Winco Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Monument Health Deadwood Clinic 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CACHIC-AEG-CHICO 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 4050 Lindell Blvd 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE SKLD Bloomfield Hills 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Choctaw Construction Services, LLC 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plaza 349 349 S. 200 E. 233 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.