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AccessibilityU.S. fire statistics
Trends in fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
1,389,500in 2011
-19.5%from 2002
3,005in 2011
-20.6%from 2002
17,500in 2011
-5.3%from 2002
$11.7 billionin 2011
-4.3%* from 2002
* Adjusted to 2011 dollars
for more statistics on U.S. fire loss.
* Adjusted to 2011 dollars
What are the causes of fires?
on the causes of residential, nonresidential, vehicle and outside fires, and fires in other places.
Residential fires
PDF 2.1 MB
Residential building fire causes (2011)
45.7% Cooking
12% Heating
7.3% Electical malfunction
Electrical malfunction
Other unintentional, careless
Intentional
Open flame
Other heat
Equipment misoperation, failure
Appliances
Other equipment
Cause under investigation
Playing with heat source
Causes of fatal residential building fires (2011)
Causes of residential building fires resulting in injuries (2011)
Nonresidential fires
PDF 1.6 MB
Nonresidential building fire causes (2011)
28% Cooking
10% Intentional
9% Other unintentional, careless
Intentional
Other unintentional, careless
Electrical malfunction
Open flame
Other heat
Equipment misoperation, failure
Other equipment
Appliances
Cause under investigation
Playing with heat source
Causes of vehicle and outside fires
Causes of vehicle fires
219,000 vehicle fires in 2011
Causes of outside fires
597,500 outside fires in 2011
Where do fires occur?
on where fires occur.
Property types
&Residential& is the leading property type for fire deaths (75.7%), fire injuries
(79.1%) and fire dollar loss (52.2%).
Fires by general property type (2011)
29.1% Residential
8% Nonresidential
13.3% Vehicle
44% Outside
5.7% Other
Who does fire impact the most?
on who fire impacts the most.
Texas, California and Pennsylvania
lead the nation in number of fire deaths.
District of Columbia, Mississippi and Alabama
have the most deaths per million population in the U.S.
on national and state fire deaths, fire death rates, and risk of dying in a fire.
More men die and are injuredin fires than women.
National fire death rate: 11
National fire injury rate: 56.2
per million population
Gender and race
African American males (21.5) and American Indian males (14.8) have the highest fire death rates per million population.
People 85 and older have the highest fire death rate. (49.2)
People 30-34 have the highest fire injury rate. (71.4)
More information on fire death rates for .
Fire departments and firefighters
on fire departments and firefighters.
Fire departments
There were an estimated 30,100 fire departments and 1,129,250 firefighters in 2012.
for more statistics on fire departments.
Firefighters
There were an estimated 1,129,250 firefighters (career: 345,950, volunteer: 783,300) in 2012.
for more statistics on firefighters.
On-duty firefighter deaths in 2012
Volunteers
Wildland agency
Firefighters died while on duty.
Firefighters died working wildland fires.
Firefighters died from activities at a fire scene.
Firefighters died as a result of vehicle crashes.
Firefighters died from heart attacks.
Firefighters died from activities related to an emergency incident.
Firefighter injuries
31,490 firefighters were injured on the fireground in 2012.
for more statistics on firefighter injuries.
How we calculate fire loss statistics
These documents describe the data sources and methodology we use to calculate our fire loss estimates.
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Data sources we use to calculate statistics
Consumer Price Index
National Center for Health Statistics
National Fire Incident Reporting System
National Fire Protection Association
U.S. Census Bureau
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