Macon Reporter

Long Creek Fire Protection District responded to 48 calls in 2018 - 18.6 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Long Creek included 27 fires - 19 structure fires, seven vehicle fires and one other fire.

In all, the department saw $1,310,000 in fire loss - or about $48,519 per fire.

The department also received 21 false calls.

The Long Creek Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $480,344 in 2018.

The Long Creek FPD Firefighters Pension Fund, which has two active employees and one retired or inactive employee, was $30,862 in debt as of April 2017, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $935 for every fire in 2017.

	2017	2018	Year-over-year change (%)
Building Fires	23	19	-17.4
Vehicle Fires	2	7	250
Other Fires	8	1	-87.5
Total Fires	33	27	-18.2
Total Calls	59	48	-18.6