Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Illinois

City of Belvidere Fire Department

Belvidere, IL · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Belvidere Fire Department runs at 339% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Belvidere Fire Department: 10.9 TCR = 339% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Belvidere Fire Department safety composite

City of Belvidere Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 10.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

TCR Δ

−14.9

2021→2024

City of Belvidere Fire Department injury rate improved

City of Belvidere Fire Department's TCR fell 14.9 from 14.9 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=14.9 · 2022=16.3 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Belvidere, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 339% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #155/262
  • PHOTO Channahon Fire Prote…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

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

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City of Belvidere Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Belvidere Fire Department averages 10.9 TCR (339% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Belvidere Fire Department TCR series: 2021=14.9 · 2022=16.3 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Belvidere Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 44% 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 #155 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

City of Belvidere Fire Department (30 employees, TCR 10.9) 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 City of Belvidere Fire Department
City of Belvidere Fire Department (30 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Belvidere Fire Department has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 12.3 6.2 4 0 0
2022 16.3 13.0 5 0 0
2021 14.9 6.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Belvidere

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Belvidere, 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 Channahon Fire Protection District 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1082 BEACH PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Valley Fire District 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belvidere Assembly Plant 3,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Exterirors Belvidere 655 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills (Belvidere) 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills Operations, LLC. 560 FTE
NAT-TCR POSC operating out of the HealthPlex 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Granite Gate Senior Living 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Project Management Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairway View Neighborhoods 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eastern Metal Supply TLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Escape Game Bloomington LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canton Office 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA-US-CA-Gilroy-500 Automall Dr 30 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.