East Central Reporter

Neoga Fire Protection District responded to 27 calls in 2017 - 35 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Neoga included 22 fires - eight structure fires, six vehicle fires and eight other fires.

In all, the department saw $280,250 in fire loss - or about $12,739 per fire.

The department also received five false calls.

The calls resulted in one civilian fire-related injury.

The Neoga Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $430,807 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	9	8	-11.1
Vehicle Fires	2	6	200
Other fires	2	8	300
Total Fires	13	22	69.2
Total Calls	20	27	35