Statistics - U.S. Fire Administration
WEBThis topical report addresses the characteristics of fatal fires in residential buildings as reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System. Fatal fires in residential buildings most often started in bedrooms (27%).
Residential Fire Estimate Summaries (2013-2022) - U.S. Fire Administration
WEBMay 15, 2024 · Each Fire Estimate Summary addresses the size of the specific fire or fire-related issue and highlights important trends in the data. Fire estimate summaries are based on the USFA's National Estimates Methodology for Building Fires and Losses PDF.
Statistical Reports on Fire Causes - U.S. Fire Administration
WEBSep 6, 2022 · Cooking was, by far, the leading cause of all residential building fires and accounted for 51% of all residential building fires responded to by fire departments across the nation. Additionally, cooking was the leading cause …
Fire loss in the United States | NFPA Research
WEBNov 1, 2023 · In 2021, the 280,000 one- or two-family home structure fires (19 percent of the total fires that year) caused 2,240 civilian fire deaths (59 percent); 7,190 civilian fire injuries (54 percent); and $8.6 billion in direct property damage (44 percent).
NFPA report - Fires by occupancy or Property Type
WEBThis NFPA report includes a collection of tables by occupancy showing the estimated average number of fires, associated civilian deaths and civilian injuries.
U.S. fire statistics: structure fires, by property use 2021 | Statista
WEBJul 5, 2024 · There were an estimated 486,500 structure fires reported to U.S. fire departments in 2021. Of these, about 361,000 occurred in residential structures. 81,500 fires occurred in apartments in...
Facts + Statistics: Fire - III
WEBTop Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires and Explosions, 2022 (1) (1) Fires or explosions that kill five or more people in residential property, or three or more people in nonhome or nonstructural property. (2) Fires with the same number of deaths receive the same rank.
WEBSep 11, 2001 · In 2021, local fire departments responded to an estimated 1.35 million fires in the United States. These fires caused 3,800 civilian fire deaths and 14,700 reported civilian fire injuries. The property damage caused …
Large loss fires in the United States - NFPA
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Although there were 12 more large-loss fires in 2022 than in 2021, overall dollar losses fell by $148 million compared to the previous year. Nine of the 2022 incidents were structure fires, with a property loss increase in that category of $304 million over 2021.
List of building or structure fires - Wikipedia
WEBThis is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires.