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Ivesdale Fire Protection District responded to eight calls in 2017 - 33.3 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Ivesdale included eight fires - five structure fires and three other fires.

The Ivesdale Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $173,898 in 2017.

The Ivesdale FPD Firefighters Pension Fund, which has one active employee and retired or inactive employee, was $684 in debt as of May 2016, according to the fund's mandated filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance. That amounts to $68 for every fire in 2016.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	3	5	66.7
Vehicle Fires	3	0	-100
Other fires	4	3	-25
Total Fires	10	8	-20
Total Calls	12	8	-33.3