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Hoffman Estates FD responds to 109 fires in 2016

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Hoffman Estates Fire Department responded to 893 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the North Cook News.

The calls in Hoffman Estates included 109 fires - 68 structure fires, 14 vehicle fires and 23 other fires. The fire department also responded to four calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $892,665 in fire loss - or about $8,190 per fire.

The department also received 784 false calls, including 30 malicious calls and 754 other false calls.

The calls resulted in three civilian fire-related injuries and one civilian fire-related death. Additionally, nine fire service member were injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Hoffman Estates Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has active employee and retired or inactive employee, was $3,336,755 in debt as of December 2015, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $30,612 for every fire in 2016.

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