SE Illinois News

Eldorado Fire Department responded to 73 calls in 2017 - 28.1 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Eldorado included 58 fires - 26 structure fires, 12 vehicle fires and 20 other fires.

In all, the department saw $466,000 in fire loss - or about $8,034 per fire.

The department also received 15 false calls, including eight malicious calls and seven other false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	31	26	-16.1
Vehicle Fires	4	12	200
Other fires	17	20	17.6
Total Fires	52	58	11.5
Total Calls	57	73	28.1