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

DeKalb Fire Department

Dekalb, IL · ~62 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeKalb Fire Department runs at 562% 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.

DeKalb Fire Department: 18.0 TCR = 562% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb Fire Department safety composite

DeKalb Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

DeKalb Fire Department: 10.4 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 40.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2024

DeKalb Fire Department's TCR rose 2.2 from 10.4 in 2018 to 12.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 40.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 18.0 · 562% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #235/262
  • PHOTO Fire
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeKalb Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKalb Fire Department averages 18.0 TCR (562% 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

DeKalb Fire Department TCR series: 2018=10.4 · 2019=9.3 · 2021=15 · 2022=40.2 · 2023=20.4 · 2024=12.6 · BLS 3.2

Where DeKalb Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #235 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

DeKalb Fire Department (62 employees, TCR 18.0) 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 DeKalb Fire Department
DeKalb Fire Department (62 employees, TCR 18.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

DeKalb Fire Department has more 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 12.6 7.3 7 5 0
2023 20.4 12.0 12 5 0
2022 40.2 36.5 9 13 0
2021 15.0 12.3 8 3 0
2019 9.3 8.0 6 1 0
2018 10.4 2.6 2 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Dekalb

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 · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Fire 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of Streamwood 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westbrook Fire Department 18.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont Pioneer Mcleansboro MCL1 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. - Plano 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE 03U - Electric Field Meter Services 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech Services 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Carlsbad 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0050 West Hills 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gowen Enterprises Inc., DBA Big John Trailers 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Madrid Home 18.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vincentini Plumbing Inc 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE 055-LEX 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ultimate Framing Company LLC 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE ULA- Vandenberg Air Force Base 62 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, 2019, 2018. 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.