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Bartlett FPD responds to 84 fires in 2016

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Bartlett Fire Protection District responded to 455 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the North Cook News.

The calls in Bartlett included 84 fires - 40 structure fires, 10 vehicle fires and 28 other fires. The fire department also responded to six calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $881,220 in fire loss - or about $10,491 per fire.

The department also received 371 false calls, including 22 malicious calls and 349 other false calls.

The calls resulted in three civilian fire-related injuries. Additionally, two fire service members were injured in fire-related incidents and two were injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Bartlett FPD Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has 43 active employees and nine retired or inactive employees, was $594,155 in debt as of December 2015, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $7,073 for every fire in 2016.

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