Lake County Gazette

Lake Villa Volunteer Fire Department responded to 242 calls in 2017 - 10 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Lake Villa included 47 fires - 18 structure fires, six vehicle fires and 23 other fires. The fire department also responded to one call for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $1,212,655 in fire loss - or about $25,801 per fire.

The department also received 194 false calls, including 14 malicious calls and 180 other false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian fire-related death.

The Lake Villa Volunteer Fire Department had an annual budget of $5,081,969 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	9	18	100
Vehicle Fires	10	6	-40
Other fires	25	23	-8
Total Fires	44	47	6.8
Total Calls	220	242	10