South Central Reporter

Raymond-Harvel Fire Department responded to 22 calls in 2017 - 10 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Raymond-Harvel included 20 fires - five structure fires, six vehicle fires and nine other fires.

In all, the department saw $292,500 in fire loss - or about $14,625 per fire.

The department also received two false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	6	5	-16.7
Vehicle Fires	3	6	100
Other fires	8	9	12.5
Total Fires	17	20	17.6
Total Calls	20	22	10