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Ridgway Fire Department responded to 14 calls in 2017 - 7.7 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Ridgway included 13 fires - nine structure fires and four other fires.

In all, the department saw $173,900 in fire loss - or about $13,377 per fire.

The department also received one false call.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	6	9	50
Vehicle Fires	2	0	-100
Other fires	3	4	33.3
Total Fires	11	13	18.2
Total Calls	13	14	7.7