Kendall County Times

Fire House 1 responded to 952 calls in 2017 - 17.2 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Fire House 1 included 326 fires - 205 structure fires, 55 vehicle fires and 66 other fires. The fire department also responded to nine calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $1,400,243 in fire loss - or about $4,295 per fire.

The department also received 617 false calls, including 31 malicious calls and 586 other false calls.

The calls resulted in nine civilian fire-related injuries and two civilian fire-related deaths. Additionally, one fire service member was injured in non fire-related incidents.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	123	205	66.7
Vehicle Fires	52	55	5.8
Other fires	61	66	8.2
Total Fires	236	326	38.1
Total Calls	812	952	17.2