South Cook News

Bedford Park Fire District responded to 424 calls in 2018 - 1.6 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Bedford Park included 87 fires - 66 structure fires, nine vehicle fires and 12 other fires. The fire department also responded to six calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $1,149,670 in fire loss - or about $13,215 per fire.

The department also received 331 false calls, including 13 malicious calls and 318 other false calls.

One fire service member was injured in fire-related incidents and two were injured in non fire-related incidents.

	2017	2018	Year-over-year change (%)
Building Fires	57	66	15.8
Vehicle Fires	15	9	-40
Other Fires	24	12	-50
Total Fires	96	87	-9.4
Total Calls	431	424	-1.6