Metro East Sun

Jerseyville Volunteer Fire Department responded to 39 calls in 2017 - 62.5 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Jerseyville included 32 fires - 16 structure fires, two vehicle fires and 14 other fires.

In all, the department saw $444,500 in fire loss - or about $13,891 per fire.

The department also received seven false calls.

The Jerseyville Firefighter's Pension Fund, which has one active employee and retired or inactive employee, was $5,365 positive as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $224 for every fire in 2016.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	18	16	-11.1
Vehicle Fires	1	2	100
Other fires	5	14	180
Total Fires	24	32	33.3
Total Calls	24	39	62.5