Carbondale Reporter

Carbondale Fire Department responded to 720 calls in 2017 - 15.8 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Carbondale included 111 fires - 51 structure fires, eight vehicle fires and 52 other fires. The fire department also responded to four calls for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $325,189 in fire loss - or about $2,930 per fire.

The department also received 605 false calls, including 119 malicious calls and 486 other false calls.

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

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	39	51	30.8
Vehicle Fires	12	8	-33.3
Other fires	38	52	36.8
Total Fires	89	111	24.7
Total Calls	622	720	15.8