South Central Reporter

Nashville Central Fire Protection District responded to 55 calls in 2017 - 25 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Nashville included 50 fires - 16 structure fires, 14 vehicle fires and 20 other fires.

In all, the department saw $469,300 in fire loss - or about $9,386 per fire.

The department also received five false calls.

The Nashville Central Fire Protection District had an annual budget of $1,054,087 in 2017.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	14	16	14.3
Vehicle Fires	5	14	180
Other fires	20	20	0
Total Fires	39	50	28.2
Total Calls	44	55	25