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Washington Fire Department responded to 141 calls in 2017 - 14 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Washington included 40 fires - 12 structure fires, six vehicle fires and 22 other fires.

In all, the department saw $701,100 in fire loss - or about $17,528 per fire.

The department also received 101 false calls, including one malicious call and 100 other false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	12	12	0
Vehicle Fires	1	6	500
Other fires	21	22	4.8
Total Fires	34	40	17.6
Total Calls	164	141	-14