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Show 20 . 9 of f i re calls from NSL By JENNIFER PETERSON Staff Writer Residents of North Salt Lake made the most use of the South Davis Fire District's services from July 1, 1991 to March 23, 1992, a recent report shows. North Salt Lake accounted for 20.9 percent of all calls to the district and reported more than $58,000 in property damage 34.3 percent of the district's total. Woods Cross accounted for 19.2 percent of the calls, while Centerville followed with 18.8 percent. Woods Cross incurred 33 percent of reported property loss at $55,850, with Centerville reporting $41,735 loss--24.7 percent of the district's losses. Farmington, which has its own fire department and is outside the district's jurisdiction, accounted for a greater percentage of the district's calls than either West Bountiful or unincorporated Davis County. While unincorporated Davis County accounted for 12.7 percent of the total calls and West Bountiful for only 8.1 percent of the calls, calls from Farmington accounted ac-counted for 15.9 percent of the' district's total calls. Although fire hours in March 1992 increased markedly over March 1991. district firefighters have put in more than 1,500 fewer hours from July 1991 to March 1992 than they did in that same time frame the previous year. The district is currently on target for the 1992 budget with 73.4 percent of the total budget spent after 75 percent per-cent of the fiscal year has passed. |