Printable fact sheets

These fact sheets provide quick fire statistics pulled from Fire Analysis and Research Division reports. They are designed to answer frequently asked questions and are formatted to be used as handouts. Liberal use of the fact sheets or individual points on the fact sheets is allowable with attribution.

To learn more about the Fire Analysis and Research Division’s reports available through the One-Stop Data Shop visit www.nfpa.org/osds. If you have any questions, please contact Paula Levesque at +1 617 984-7443.

• An Overview of the U.S. Fire Problem (PDF, 142 KB)
• Barn Structure Fire (PDF, 53 KB)
• Brush, Grass or Forest Fires (PDF, 11 KB) 
• Characteristics of Home Fire Victims (PDF, 58 KB)
• Children Playing with Fire (PDF, 32 KB)
• Clothes Dryers and Washing Machines (PDF, 59 KB)
• Dormitory, Fraternity, Sorority and Barrack Structure Fires (PDF, 39 KB)
• Eating and Drinking Establishment Property Structure Fires (PDF, 159 KB)
• Educational Properties (PDF, 69 KB)
• Experience with Sprinklers (PDF, 53 KB)
• Fire in the United States (PDF, 71 KB) and Fire Loss Clock in the U.S. (PDF, 92 KB) 
• Fire Experience by Region (PDF, 126 KB) 
• Fires and Burns Involving Home Medical Oxygen (PDF, 44 KB)
• Fires caused by spontaneous combustion or chemical reaction (PDF, 90 KB) 
• Fireworks (PDF, 123 KB) 
• High-Rise Building Fires (PDF, 72 KB)
• Home Candle Fires (PDF, 51 KB)
• Home Fires Involving Air Conditioning, Fans and Related Equipment (PDF, 34 KB)
• Home Fires Involving Christmas Trees and Holiday Lights (PDF, 58 KB)
• Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment (PDF, 70 KB)
• Home Fires Involving Electrical Failure or Malfunction (PDF, 59 KB)
• Home Fires Involving Grills (PDF, 41 KB)
• Home Fires Involving Microwave Ovens (PDF, 78 KB)
• Home Fires that Began with Mattresses and Bedding (PDF, 172 KB)
• Home Fires that Began with Upholstered Furniture (PDF, 82 KB)
• Home Heating Equipment Fires (PDF, 61 KB)
• Home Natural Gas and LP-Gas Structure Fires (PDF, 25 KB)
• Home Structure Fires (PDF, 51 KB)
• Home Structure Fires Involving Decorations (PDF, 45 KB)
• Hotel and Motel Structure Fires (PDF, 56 KB)
• Human factors contributing to fatal injury in home fires (PDF, 54 KB) 
• Industrial and Manufacturing Property Structure Fires (PDF, 25 KB)
• Industrial Loader and Forklift Fires (PDF, 32 KB)
• Intentional Fires (PDF, 45 KB)
• Lightning Fires and Lightning Strikes (PDF, 60 KB)
• Manufactured Home Fires (PDF, 49 KB) 
• Medical, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facility Structure Fires by Facility Type (PDF, 16 KB)
• Natural Gas and LP-Gas Home Structure Fires (PDF, 43 KB)
• Natural Gas and LP-Gas Structure Fires in Properties Other than Homes (PDF, 32 KB)
• Non-Fire Carbon Monoxide Incidents (PDF, 72 KB) 
• Non-Residential Structure Fires (PDF, 54 KB)
• Nursing Home Structure Fire (PDF, 49 KB)
• Office Equipment (PDF, 49 KB)
• Office Property Structure Fires (PDF, 36 KB)
• Prisons and jails (PDF, 70 KB)
• Public Assembly Property Structure Fires Excluding Eating and Drinking Establishments and Religious and Funeral properties (PDF, 159 KB)
• Rail vehicle fires (PDF, 48 KB) 
• Religious and Funeral Property Structure Fires (PDF, 149 KB)
• Residential  Board and Care Facilities. (PDF, 55 KB)
• Service station fires (PDF, 34 KB) 
• Smoke Alarms in Reported U.S. Homes Fires (PDF, 53 KB)
• Smoking-Material Fire Problem (PDF, 94 KB)
• Structure Fires in Educational Properties (PDF, 24 KB)
• Structure Fires in Stores and Other Mercantile Properties (PDF, 34 KB)
• Structure Fires in Warehouse Excluding Cold Storage (PDF, 68 KB)
• Fire Department Profile (PDF, 65 KB)
• Torch, Burner, and Soldering Equipment (PDF, 41 KB)
• Total Cost of Fire (PDF, 99 KB)
• Vacant Building Fires (PDF, 27 KB)