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

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport

Freeport, IL · ~47 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport runs at 275% 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.

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport: 8.8 TCR = 275% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport safety composite

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport: 5.5 → 8.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport's TCR rose 2.9 from 5.5 in 2022 to 8.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 275% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #119/262
  • PHOTO City of St. Michael …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of St. Michael Fire Dept (0.0 TCR gap)

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Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport averages 8.8 TCR (275% 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

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=12.4 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #119 safest of 262 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Illinois.

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport (47 employees, TCR 8.8) 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 Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport
Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport (47 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Freeport Fire Department - City of Freeport has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2024 8.4 0.0 5 0 0
2023 12.4 5.3 7 0 0
2022 5.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Freeport

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 Freeport, 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 City of St. Michael Fire Dept 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Rock Fire Company #4 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF ROCHELLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit 10: Fire Protection 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-Mfg 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Power, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN - Memorial Hospital 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN 1,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helm Mechanical 842 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell 630 FTE
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - WPR1 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mr Greens Produce - Plant City 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Agru America Charleston 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 224 Menomonie Animal Nutrition 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Majestic Steel - Pittsburg 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xanitos EVS at Salem Regional Medical Center 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nautilus General Contractors, Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abbott Northwestern General Medicine Associates Edina 47 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.