• LP-Gas Bulk Storage
• Eating and Drinking Establishments
• Religious and Funeral Properties
• Public Assembly Properties
• Home Structure Fires
• Fires in Health Care Facilities
• Fires by Occupancy: Structure, Vehicles, Outside and Other
• Dormitories, Fraternities, Sororities and Barracks
• Manufactured Home Fires
• Fires in U.S. Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities
• Structure Fires in U.S. Warehouses
• Structure Fires in Residential Board and Care Facilities
• Structure Fires in Barns
• U.S. Hotel and Motel Structure Fires
• Educational Properties
• Structure Fires in Medical and Mental Health Facilities
• U.S. Structure Fires in Nursing Homes
• Facilities That Care For The Aged
• High-Rise Building Fires
• Fires at U.S. Service Stations
• Stores and Other Mercantile Properties
• U.S. Structure Fires in Office Properties
• Prisons and Jails
• U.S. Structure Fires in Non-Residential Properties
• Vacant Building Fires
• Storage Properties Excluding Dwelling Garages
• Petroleum Refineries and Natural Gas Plants
• Flammable or Combustible Liquid Tank Storage

Eating and Drinking Establishments

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.

Introduction
U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 7,640 structure fires per year in eating and drinking establishments between 2006 and 2010.  These fires caused average annual losses of two civilian deaths, 115 civilian injuries, and $246 million in direct property damage each year.  Three out of five (57%) of these fires involved cooking equipment.