North Egypt News

West City Fire Department responded to 80 calls in 2017 - 21.2 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in West City included 65 fires - 35 structure fires, two vehicle fires and 28 other fires.

In all, the department saw $226,000 in fire loss - or about $3,477 per fire.

The department also received 15 false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	30	35	16.7
Vehicle Fires	13	2	-84.6
Other fires	8	28	250
Total Fires	51	65	27.5
Total Calls	66	80	21.2