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Chicago Fire Statistics


The fire department of Chicago is generally acknowledged to be the best equipped and most efficient in the United States, which means that it is the best equipped and most efficient in the world, for the firemen of this country are called upon to be prepared for and to meet emergencies which do not arise in the cities of Europe.

—The Standard Guide to Chicago For the Year 1891


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Number of Chicago Fires per Year
The Great Fire of 1871 Not Included


Chicago Fire Statistics 1863-1921
Year
Fires
Loss
Year
Fires
Loss
1863-4
186
$355,600
1892
3,549
$1,521,445
1864-5
193
$651,798
1893
5,224
$3,149,590
1865-6
243
$1,216,466
1894
5,174
$3,254,140
1866-7
315
$2,487,973
1895
5,316
$2,974,760
1867-8
515
$4,315,332
1896
4,414
$1,979,355
1868-9
405
$500,169
1897
5,326
$2,272,990
1869-70
600
$871,905
1898
5,048
$2,651,735
1870-1
669
$2,447,845
1899
6,031
$4,534,065
The Great Fire
1
$168,000,000
1900
5,503
$2,213,699
1871-2
489
$672,800
1901
6,136
$4,296,433
1872-3
441
$680,099
1902
5,125
$4,118,933
1873-4
466
$1,013,246
1903
6,054
$3,062,931
1874-5
473
$2,345,684
1904
6,661
$2,950,254
1875
332
$127,014
1905
6,522
$3,303,929
1876
477
$387,951
1906
6,387
$4,179,235
1877
445
$1,044,997
1907
6,257
$3,937,105
1878
478
$306,317
 
1908
7,793
$3,873,444
1879
638
$572,082
 
1909
7,414
$3,046,797
1880
804
$1,135,816
 
1910
9.083
$4,884,793
1881
895
$921,495
 
1911
9.151
$3,864,123
1882
981
$569,885
 
1912
9,410
$4,352,470
1883
1,153
$1,379,736
 
1913
10,002
$4,798,457
1884
1,278
$968,229
 
1914
10,534
$5,268,653
1885
1,300
$2,225,184
 
1915
9,435
$3,186,569
1886
1,543
$1,492,084
 
1916
11,468
$3,470,978
1887
1,853
$1,839,058
 
1917
12,034
$4,094,639
1888
1,871
$1,363,427
 
1918
12,336
$3,462,577
1889
2,075
$2,154,340
 
1919
14,407
$5,072,232
1890
2,755
$2,092,071
 
1920
13,922
$6,369,138
1891
3,353
$3,053,874
 
1921
13,568
$7,462,160

Note: 1875 is for nine months ending 31 December 1875


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Number of Chicago Fires per Year
The Great Fire of 1871 Not Included


Source: Fire Marshall Reports


Comments

  1. Peter Wagner says

    February 17, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    Hello!
    Interesting information and data!
    Where I may find data from 1922 up to now?

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