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Friday, April 26, 2024

Riverdale FD responds to 95 fires in 2016

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Riverdale Fire Department responded to 279 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the South Cook News.

The calls in Riverdale included 95 fires - 63 structure fires, seven vehicle fires and 23 other fires. The fire department also responded to two calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $191,960 in fire loss - or about $2,021 per fire.

The department also received 184 false calls, including 21 malicious calls and 163 other false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian fire-related injury. Additionally, one fire service member was injured in fire-related incidents and two were injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Riverdale Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has 18 active employees and 10 retired or inactive employees, was $405,073 in debt as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $4,264 for every fire in 2016.

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