SE Illinois News

Equality Fire Department responded to 15 calls in 2017 - 50 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Equality included 15 fires - nine structure fires, two vehicle fires and four other fires.

In all, the department saw $275,600 in fire loss - or about $18,373 per fire.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	6	9	50
Vehicle Fires	1	2	100
Other fires	3	4	33.3
Total Fires	10	15	50
Total Calls	10	15	50