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Residential
Educational
Health care facilities
High-rises
Non-residential
Public assembly

Fires by Occupancy (Structure Fires, Vehicle Fires, Outside and Other Fires)
January 2012
A collection of tables by occupancy showing the estimated average number of fires, associated civilian deaths and civilian injuries, and direct property damage resulting from fires per year for incidents reported to local U.S. fire departments during 2006-2010. Statistics are provided for three general groups of fires.

Residential

Home Structure Fires
Marty Ahrens, April 2013
Cooking equipment is the leading cause of home structure fires and home fire injuries, while smoking materials remain the leading causes of home fire deaths.

U.S. Hotel And Motel Structure Fires
Ben Evarts, July 2012
Overview of the fire problem in hotels and motels, including trend tables, causes, equipment involved, heat source, area of origin, item first ignited, extent of flame, time of day, day of week, month of year and selected published incidents.

Structure Fires in Residential Board and Care Facilities
Ben Evarts, May 2012
This analysis of structure fires in residential board and care facilities includes information on when these fires occur, leading causes, equipment involved, heat source, area of origin, item first ignited, and extent of flame damage.

Manufactured Home Fires
John R. Hall, Jr., July 2011
Manufactured home (i.e., mobile home) fire experience, patterns, and trends are analyzed in this report, which also examines the impact of the 1976 federal standards and fire risks relative to other types of dwellings. Unpublished annual report.

Educational

Dormitories, Fraternities, Sororities and Barracks
Ben Evarts, August 2011
Overview of the fire problem in dormitories, fraternities, sororities and barracks, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin. Also includes published incident descriptions, published articles and investigation reports and summaries.

Educational Properties
Ben Evarts, June 2011
Overview of the educational fire problem. The report has been broken down into three subsections: Day-Care Centers, Pre-k through Grade 12 Education Properties, and College Classroom Buildings and Adult Education Centers. The report includes trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year, and area of origin. Also includes published incident descriptions, published articles and investigation reports and summaries.

Health-Care Facilities

Fires in Health Care Facilities
Marty Ahrens, November 2012
This report provides estimates of fire frequency and associated losses for reported fires in: all health care properties; in nursing homes; in hospitals or hospices; in mental health facilities caring for those with developmental disabilities, mental retardation, mental illness or substance abuse issues; and in clinics or doctors’ offices.

High-Rise

High-Rise Building Fires
John R. Hall, Jr., December 2011
This report provides an overall statistical perspective on the fire experience in high-rise buildings, including analysis and discussion of risk in high-rise vs. other properties.

Non-Residential

U.S. Structure Fires in Barns
Ben Evarts, June 2012
This report provides an overview of the fire problem in livestock and poultry storage, including barns, stockyards, and animal pens. This report includes statistics on major causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and item first ignited.

Structure Fires in U.S. Warehouses
Ben Evarts, April 2012
Overview of fire problem in warehouse structure fires, excluding cold storage properties, including trends causal information, automatic detection and suppression equipment performance.

Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities
Ben Evarts, April 2012
An overview of industrial and manufacturing property fires, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year, and area of origin.

Fires at U.S. Service Stations
Ben Evarts, April 2011
Incident types and trend data are reported for fires that occurred in or at service stations. Three different types of incidents, structure fires, vehicle fires, and outside and other fires are analyzed for cause, equipment involved, and other type of material first ignited, among other relevant factors specific to each incident type. Other information relevant to this occupancy, such as the hazards of static electricity is presented as well.

Stores and Other Mercantile Properties
Ben Evarts, January 2011
Overview of the fire problem in stores and other mercantile properties, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin. Also includes previously published incident descriptions.

U.S. Structure Fires in Office Properties
Ben Evarts, November 2010
An overview of office property fires, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year, and area of origin. Also includes previously published incident descriptions.

Prisons and Jails
Jennifer D. Flynn, March 2010
Overview of the fire problem in prisons and jails, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin. A collection of previously published incident descriptions are included.

Vacant Building Fires
Marty Ahrens, April 2009
Overview of vacant building fire problem including property types, secured vs. unsecured, causes, fire spread and when fires occur. Also includes previously published incident descriptions.

Storage Properties Excluding Dwelling Garages
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Overview of the fire problem with storage properties, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.

Petroleum Refineries and Natural Gas Plants
January 2002
Statistical analysis of fires at petroleum refineries and natural gas plants including trends, incident type data, and area of origin, equipment involved, form of heat of ignition, ignition factor and forms and type of material first ignited in structure fires and outside fires. Published incident descriptions are also included.

Flammable or Combustible Liquid Tank Storage
Marty Ahrens, April 2002
Statistical analysis of fires at flammable and combustible liquid storage tank facilities including trends, ignition factors, equipment involved, area of origin, form of heat of ignition, form and type of material first ignited and level of fire origin. Mobile property type and trend data area provided for vehicle fires. Published incident descriptions are also included.

LP-Gas Bulk Storage
Marty Ahrens, October 2003
Statistical analysis of fires at flammable and combustible liquid storage tank facilities including trends, ignition factors, equipment involved, area of origin, form of heat of ignition and form and type of material first ignited. Mobile property type and trend data area provided for vehicle fires. Published incident descriptions are also included.

Public Assembly

Eating and Drinking Establishments
Ben Evarts, November 2012
Overview of the fire problem in eating and drinking establishments, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin. Also includes previously published incident descriptions.

Religious and Funeral Properties
Marty Ahrens, June 2010
Religious and funeral properties include churches, temples, mosques, religious education facilities, funeral parlors and related properties.

In this Section:

			LP-Gas Bulk Storage					Educational Properties

			Eating and Drinking Establishments					Structure Fires in Medical and Mental Health Facilities

			Religious and Funeral Properties					U.S. Structure Fires in Nursing Homes

			Public Assembly Properties					Facilities That Care For The Aged

			Home Structure Fires					High-Rise Building Fires

			Fires in Health Care Facilities					Fires at U.S. Service Stations

			Fires by Occupancy: Structure, Vehicles, Outside and Other					Stores and Other Mercantile Properties

			Dormitories, Fraternities, Sororities and Barracks					U.S. Structure Fires in Office Properties

			Manufactured Home Fires					Prisons and Jails

			Fires in U.S. Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities					U.S. Structure Fires in Non-Residential Properties

			Structure Fires in U.S. Warehouses					Vacant Building Fires

			Structure Fires in Residential Board and Care Facilities					Storage Properties Excluding Dwelling Garages

			Structure Fires in Barns					Petroleum Refineries and Natural Gas Plants

			U.S. Hotel and Motel Structure Fires					Flammable or Combustible Liquid Tank Storage