North Egypt News

Christopher Fire Department responded to 37 calls in 2017 - 146.7 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Christopher included 32 fires - 17 structure fires, one vehicle fire and 14 other fires.

In all, the department saw $145,100 in fire loss - or about $4,534 per fire.

The department also received five false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	8	17	112.5
Vehicle Fires	2	1	-50
Other fires	2	14	600
Total Fires	12	32	166.7
Total Calls	15	37	146.7