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

Fire Department

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Evanston, IL · ~103 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 12.9
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 403% 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.

Fire Department: 12.9 TCR = 403% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 12.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Fire Department: 9.7 → 13.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2022

Fire Department's TCR rose 3.9 from 9.7 in 2018 to 13.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 403% of ind

DART 7.2 DART
RANK #183/262
PHOTO Village of Arlington…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 47 inj
SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fire Department averages 12.9 TCR (403% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2018=9.7 · 2020=13.9 · 2021=14.4 · 2022=13.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #183 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Fire Department (103 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

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
2022	13.6	7.2	10	7
2021	14.4	12.7	12	5
2020	13.9	9.6	13	3
2018	9.7	8.9	12	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Evanston

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 · 87 employers in Evanston, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Village of Arlington Heights - Fire Department	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL	12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	NORMAL, IL	12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	LAKE BLUFF, IL	12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Albany Fire Station 14	ALBANY, OR	12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Maywood Tech Center	MAYWOOD	103 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bellwood Reporting Center	BELLWOOD	103 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allied Power Services - Exelon, Braidwood Station	BRACEVILLE	103 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Western Utility LLC	UNIVERSITY PARK, IL	103 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northwestern University	Evanston	13,993 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EVANSTON HOSPITAL	Evanston	3,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CITY OF EVANSTON	Evanston	1,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Citywide	Evanston	1,020 FTE
NAT-TCR	Landover Bus Division	Landover, MD	12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	NESM Corporation	Goffstown, NH	12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-SWY-0045-0045-08273	Norwalk, CA	12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-SWY-0030-0031-01533	Grand Junction, CO	12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Schenectady YMCA	Schenectady, NY	103 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1372 - Nellis Crossing	Las Vegas, NV	103 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1359 - College Grove	San Diego, CA	103 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1281 - Lincoln South	Lincoln, NE	103 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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