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Northbrook FD responds to 105 fires in 2016

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Northbrook Fire Department responded to 905 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the North Cook News.

The calls in Northbrook included 105 fires - 49 structure fires, 13 vehicle fires and 32 other fires. The fire department also responded to 11 calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $939,470 in fire loss - or about $8,947 per fire.

The department also received 800 false calls, including 16 malicious calls and 784 other false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian fire-related injury. Additionally, three fire service members were injured in fire-related incidents and one was injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Northbrook Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has 69 active employees and 53 retired or inactive employees, was $1,528,985 in debt as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $14,562 for every fire in 2016.

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