Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois

Municipal Fire Dept.

Freeport, IL · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Municipal Fire Dept. runs at 250% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Municipal Fire Dept.: 8.0 TCR = 250% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Municipal Fire Dept. safety composite

Municipal Fire Dept. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.09 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

Municipal Fire Dept.: 3.6 → 12.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2018

Municipal Fire Dept.'s TCR rose 8.8 from 3.6 in 2017 to 12.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.89× 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 8.0 · 250% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #98/262
  • PHOTO Wilson Fire Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilson Fire Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Municipal Fire Dept. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Municipal Fire Dept. averages 8.0 TCR (250% 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

Municipal Fire Dept. TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=12.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Municipal Fire Dept. falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #98 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.

Municipal Fire Dept. (46 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 Municipal Fire Dept.
Municipal Fire Dept. (46 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Municipal Fire Dept. has fewer 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
2018 12.4 7.1 7 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Freeport

793 Ambulance and fire service combined 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 Wilson Fire Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rochelle Fire Department 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morris Fire Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carlyle KFC (MPF1) 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE MID AMERICA ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 46 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 Holland - GB 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR T-Bone Construction, Inc 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators East Cobb 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jamestown Center (Nyjam) 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Penske : 3192-00 Whirlpool/Seattle, WA 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atrium Post Acute Care of Chilton 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - System Relay Services 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metal Prep Houston 46 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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