Will County Gazette

Braidwood Fire Protection District responded to 88 calls in 2017 - 2.3 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Braidwood included 57 fires - 23 structure fires, seven vehicle fires and 27 other fires.

In all, the department saw $304,850 in fire loss - or about $5,348 per fire.

The department also received 31 false calls, including one malicious call and 30 other false calls.

The Braidwood Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $2,249,010 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	36	23	-36.1
Vehicle Fires	6	7	16.7
Other fires	9	27	200
Total Fires	51	57	11.8
Total Calls	86	88	2.3