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Lincoln Fire Department responded to 234 calls in 2017 - 11 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Lincoln included 89 fires - 58 structure fires, nine vehicle fires and 22 other fires. The fire department also responded to 14 calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $661,820 in fire loss - or about $7,436 per fire.

The department also received 131 false calls, including one malicious call and 130 other false calls.

Two fire service members were injured in fire-related incidents and seven were injured in non fire-related incidents.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	45	58	28.9
Vehicle Fires	15	9	-40
Other fires	20	22	10
Total Fires	80	89	11.2
Total Calls	263	234	-11