Ambulance and fire service combined · Illinois

Village of River Forest Fire Department

River Forest, IL · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Village of River Forest Fire Department runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade D.

Village of River Forest Fire Department: 4.0 TCR = 124% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Village of River Forest Fire Department safety composite

Village of River Forest Fire Department 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.0

2022→2023

Village of River Forest Fire Department injury rate improved

Village of River Forest Fire Department's TCR fell 8.0 from 8.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=8.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · River Forest, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/262
  • PHOTO Titan Fire Protectio…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Titan Fire Protection INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Village of River Forest Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Village of River Forest Fire Department averages 4.0 TCR (124% 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

Village of River Forest Fire Department TCR series: 2022=8 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Village of River Forest Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 84% 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 #32 safest of 262 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Illinois.

Village of River Forest Fire Department (20 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Village of River Forest Fire Department
Village of River Forest Fire Department (20 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Village of River Forest Fire Department 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.0 8.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IL · River Forest

793 Ambulance and fire service combined employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 16 employers in River Forest, 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 Titan Fire Protection INC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eugene/Springfield Fire Department 13 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 6-1 Central Mat-Su PSB 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 22PK-SEG1-22PK 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000003223 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-03223 FAC-03223-RIVER FOREST-IL 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03223 244 FTE
NAT-TCR Hotel Vintage Portland 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR William Newton Memorial Hospital 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Headquarters and Districts 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RRS Marysville 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Paul Location 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paul Huff 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northcoast Bulk Transfer 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE James Grezenski Forest Products Inc 20 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: 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.