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Oak Park FD responds to 139 fires in 2016

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Oak Park Fire Department responded to 674 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the West Cook News.

The calls in Oak Park included 139 fires - 69 structure fires, 20 vehicle fires and 40 other fires. The fire department also responded to 10 calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $750,714 in fire loss - or about $5,401 per fire.

The department also received 535 false calls, including 20 malicious calls and 515 other false calls.

Three fire service members were injured in fire-related incidents and four were injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Oak Park Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has 61 active employees and 115 retired or inactive employees, was $5,612,730 in debt as of December 2015, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $40,379 for every fire in 2016.

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