North Cook News

Des Plaines Fire Department responded to 1047 calls in 2017 - 6 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Des Plaines included 145 fires - 81 structure fires, 18 vehicle fires and 46 other fires. The fire department also responded to three calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $1,288,085 in fire loss - or about $8,883 per fire.

The department also received 899 false calls, including 18 malicious calls and 881 other false calls.

The calls resulted in seven civilian fire-related injuries.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	87	81	-6.9
Vehicle Fires	29	18	-37.9
Other fires	28	46	64.3
Total Fires	144	145	0.7
Total Calls	988	1,047	6