Quantcast

Peoria Standard

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Washington Park FD responds to 102 fires in 2016

Fire 08

Washington Park Fire Department responded to 123 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the Metro East Sun.

The calls in Washington Park included 102 fires - 52 structure fires, 13 vehicle fires and 36 other fires. The fire department also responded to one call for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $77,000 in fire loss - or about $755 per fire.

The department also received 21 false calls.

The Washington Park Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has active employee and retired or inactive employee, was $50,398 in debt as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $494 for every fire in 2016.

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS