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Burlington Fire Department Shares Its Own '10-Year Challenge'

From 2008 to 2018, the department has seen a 69 percent increase in calls for service.
Credit: Burlington Fire Department Facebook Page
Burlington Fire Department shared its own "10-year challenge" on Facebook.

BURLINGTON, N.C. — The Burlington Fire Department put out its own version of the 10-year challenge. 

But instead of using Facebook profile pictures, it compared response calls over the past decade. 

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The red bars in the graphic are fire calls, and the blue ones are EMS calls. 

From 2008 to 2018, the department has seen a 69 percent increase in calls for service. 

Last year alone, the Burlington Fire Department responded to more than 9,400 calls. 

10 Year Challenge- Here is our annual response data from 2008 to 2018 representing a 69% increase in calls for service across those years.

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