Peoria Standard

Lacon-Sparland Fire Protection District responded to 28 calls in 2017 - 21.7 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Lacon-Sparland included 24 fires - 10 structure fires, five vehicle fires and nine other fires.

In all, the department saw $141,200 in fire loss - or about $5,883 per fire.

The department also received four false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian non-fire death.

The Lacon-Sparland Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $396,295 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	9	10	11.1
Vehicle Fires	1	5	400
Other fires	7	9	28.6
Total Fires	17	24	41.2
Total Calls	23	28	21.7