Kane County Reporter

Geneva Fire District responded to 491 calls in 2018 - 1.4 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Geneva included 72 fires - 53 structure fires, four vehicle fires and 15 other fires. The fire department also responded to two calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $185,280 in fire loss - or about $2,573 per fire.

The department also received 417 false calls, including six malicious calls and 411 other false calls.

Six fire service member were injured in non fire-related incidents.

The Geneva Firefighters Pension Fund, which has 20 active employees and 13 retired or inactive employees, was $786,429 positive as of April 2017, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $9,362 for every fire in 2017.

	2017	2018	Year-over-year change (%)
Building Fires	53	53	0
Vehicle Fires	4	4	0
Other Fires	27	15	-44.4
Total Fires	84	72	-14.3
Total Calls	498	491	-1.4