The calls in Bement included 12 fires - two structure fires and 10 other fires.
The department also received five false calls, including one malicious call and 4 other false calls.
The Bement FPD Firefighters' Pension Fund, which has active employee and one retired or inactive employee, was $55,300 in debt as of April 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $4,608 for every fire in 2016.
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