Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois

Town of Normal - Fire

Normal, IL · ~68 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Town of Normal - Fire runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade D.

Town of Normal - Fire: 6.1 TCR = 190% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Town of Normal - Fire safety composite

Town of Normal - Fire scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−2.1

2022→2024

Town of Normal - Fire injury rate improved

Town of Normal - Fire's TCR fell 2.1 from 7.8 in 2022 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 190% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #65/262
  • PHOTO Fire Station 14
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Station 14 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Town of Normal - Fire in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Town of Normal - Fire averages 6.1 TCR (190% 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

Town of Normal - Fire TCR series: 2022=7.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.2

Where Town of Normal - Fire falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 72% 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 #65 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.

Town of Normal - Fire (68 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Town of Normal - Fire
Town of Normal - Fire (68 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Town of Normal - Fire has more 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
2024 5.7 4.6 4 1 0
2023 4.8 4.8 4 0 0
2022 7.8 6.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · Normal

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 116 employers in Normal, 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 Station 14 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE DEPARTMENT 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clackamas County Fire District 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE DEPARTMENT 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fernlea Nurseries -MAG 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva STJ1 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057-Centralia, IL 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Rockford Service Center 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Normal Plant - 100 Rivian Motorway 7,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLean County CUSD #5 2,474 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate BroMenn Medical Center 1,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heartland Community College 716 FTE
NAT-TCR Ecdc Treat - 3039 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4004 - Eau Claire Steel Plant 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Climate Pros Hayward 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheels for Work LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE RPG Enterprises LLC dba Planet Direct Mail 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ironside Logistics LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symx Logistics 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles 68 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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