North Cook News

Tower Hill Fire Department responded to 21 calls in 2017 - 90.9 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Tower Hill included 21 fires - 13 structure fires, four vehicle fires and four other fires.

In all, the department saw $25,700 in fire loss - or about $1,224 per fire.

The Tower Hill Fire Department had an annual budget of $60,844 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	6	13	116.7
Vehicle Fires	2	4	100
Other fires	2	4	100
Total Fires	10	21	110
Total Calls	11	21	90.9