Illinois Valley Times

Spring Valley Fire Department responded to 55 calls in 2017 - 15.4 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Spring Valley included 32 fires - 12 structure fires, five vehicle fires and 15 other fires.

The department also received 23 false calls, including one malicious call and 22 other false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	8	12	50
Vehicle Fires	1	5	400
Other fires	8	15	87.5
Total Fires	17	32	88.2
Total Calls	65	55	-15.4