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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Anna FD responds to 38 fires in 2016

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Anna Fire Department responded to 67 calls in 2016, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System obtained by the SW Illinois News.

The calls in Anna included 38 fires - 23 structure fires, nine vehicle fires and six other fires.

In all, the department saw $746,000 in fire loss - or about $19,632 per fire.

The department also received 29 false calls, including two malicious calls and 27 other false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian fire-related death.

The Anna Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has two active employees and four retired or inactive employees, was $160,111 in debt as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $4,213 for every fire in 2016.

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