Rock Island Today

Rock Island Fire Department responded to 388 calls in 2018 - 0.3 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Rock Island included 117 fires - 69 structure fires, 20 vehicle fires and 28 other fires. The fire department also responded to 17 calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $952,352 in fire loss - or about $8,140 per fire.

The department also received 254 false calls, including two malicious calls and 252 other false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian fire-related injury.

The Rock Island Firefighters Pension Fund, which has 58 active employees and 93 retired or inactive employees, was $1,142,591 in debt as of December 2017, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $11,541 for every fire in 2017.

	2017	2018	Year-over-year change (%)
Building Fires	43	69	60.5
Vehicle Fires	26	20	-23.1
Other Fires	30	28	-6.7
Total Fires	99	117	18.2
Total Calls	387	388	0.3