FLINT, MI -- Police in Flint are seeking assistance with Devil's Night and Halloween patrols to keep the number of fires down as has been the case in recent years.

A meeting for interested volunteers is scheduled for noon Monday, Oct. 22 in the roll call room at the Flint Police Department headquarters, 201 E. Fifth Street, in downtown Flint.

Flint saw just one suspicious fire in 2017 on Devil's Night, which falls the day before Halloween, while three fires were reported on the same date in 2016 and two fires in 2015.

Those figures vary widely to the number of fires seen in 1994, when 200 fires took place in the city, according to MLive-The Flint Journal records.

Anyone interested in volunteering for one or both evenings may contact Flint police Lt. Alfino Donastorg at 810-237-6919 or send an email to adonastorg@cityofflint.com.