The calls in Itasca included 34 fires - 19 structure fires, eight vehicle fires and seven other fires.
In all, the department saw $417,950 in fire loss - or about $12,293 per fire.
The department also received 111 false calls, including two malicious calls and 109 other false calls.
One fire service member was injured in fire-related incidents and one was injured in non fire-related incidents.
The Itasca Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $4,980,980 in 2017.
The Itasca FPD #1 Firefighters Pension Fund, which has 26 active employees and eight retired or inactive employees, was $304,313 in debt as of May 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $6,086 for every fire in 2016.
2016 | 2017 | Year-over-year change (%) | |
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Structure Fires | 32 | 19 | -40.6 |
Vehicle Fires | 6 | 8 | 33.3 |
Other fires | 12 | 7 | -41.7 |
Total Fires | 50 | 34 | -32 |
Total Calls | 246 | 145 | -41.1 |