West Cook News

Franklin Park Fire Department responded to 58 calls in 2017 - 82.5 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Franklin Park included seven fires - five structure fires, one vehicle fire and one other fire.

In all, the department saw $60,000 in fire loss - or about $8,571 per fire.

The department also received 51 false calls.

The Franklin Park Firefighters Pension Fund, which has 43 active employees and 52 retired or inactive employees, was $2,347,488 in debt as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $80,948 for every fire in 2016.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	18	5	-72.2
Vehicle Fires	4	1	-75
Other fires	7	1	-85.7
Total Fires	29	7	-75.9
Total Calls	332	58	-82.5