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Lincoln Fire District responded to 224 calls in 2018 - 4.3 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Lincoln included 69 fires - 38 structure fires, 13 vehicle fires and 18 other fires. The fire department also responded to nine calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $476,550 in fire loss - or about $6,907 per fire.

The department also received 146 false calls, including five malicious calls and 141 other false calls.

The calls resulted in eight civilian fire-related injuries. Additionally, two fire service members were injured in fire-related incidents and four were injured in non fire-related incidents.

	2017	2018	Year-over-year change (%)
Building Fires	58	38	-34.5
Vehicle Fires	9	13	44.4
Other Fires	22	18	-18.2
Total Fires	89	69	-22.5
Total Calls	234	224	-4.3