Rockford Sun

Win-bur-Sew Fire Protection District responded to 73 calls in 2017 - 19.7 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Win-bur-Sew included 52 fires - 32 structure fires, six vehicle fires and 14 other fires.

In all, the department saw $33,000 in fire loss - or about $635 per fire.

The department also received 21 false calls, including one malicious call and 20 other false calls.

One fire service member was injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Win-bur-Sew Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $976,579 in 2017.

The Win-bur-Sew FPD Firefighters Pension Fund, which has one active employee and retired or inactive employee, was $424 positive as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $12 for every fire in 2016.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	23	32	39.1
Vehicle Fires	6	6	0
Other fires	5	14	180
Total Fires	34	52	52.9
Total Calls	61	73	19.7