Peoria Standard

West Peoria Fire Protection District responded to 59 calls in 2017 - 63.9 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in West Peoria included 37 fires - 27 structure fires, three vehicle fires and seven other fires.

In all, the department saw $346,300 in fire loss - or about $9,359 per fire.

The department also received 22 false calls, including two malicious calls and 20 other false calls.

One fire service member was injured in fire-related incidents.

The West Peoria Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $123,852 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	14	27	92.9
Vehicle Fires	1	3	200
Other fires	6	7	16.7
Total Fires	21	37	76.2
Total Calls	36	59	63.9