The U.S. fire problem

One- and two-family home fires (includes manufactured homes) by year

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Year	Fires	Civilian deaths	Civilian injuries	Direct property damage In billions As reported	Direct property damage (In blllions) In 2011 dollars
1977	678,000	4,835	17,465	$2.3	$8.7
1978	623,233	4,945	15,400	$1.8	$6.1
1979	550,500	4,320	14,650	$2.0	$6.3
1980	590,500	4,175	16,100	$2.4	$6.7
1981	574,000	4,430	14,875	$2.7	$6.7
1982	538,000	3,960	15,750	$2.8	$6.5
1983	523,500	3,825	16,450	$2.8	$6.3
1984	506,000	3,290	15,100	$2.9	$6.4
1985	501,500	4,020	15,250	$3.2	$6.7
1986	468,000	4,005	14,650	$3.0	$6.1
1987	433,000	3,780	15,200	$3.1	$6.1
1988	432,500	4,125	17,125	$3.3	$6.4
1989	402,500	3,545	15,225	$3.3	$6.0
1990	359,000	3,370	15,250	$3.5	$6.1
1991	363,000	2,905	15,600	$3.4²	$5.5²
1992	358,000	3,160	15,275	$3.2	$5.1
1993	358,000	3,035	15,700	$4.1³	$6.4³
1994	341,000	2,785	14,000	$3.5	$5.4
1995	320,000	3,035	13,450	$3.6	$5.3
1996	324,000	3,470	13,700	$4.1	$5.9
1997	302,500	2,700	12,300	$3.7	$5.2
1998	283,000	2,775	11,800	$3.6	$5.0
1999	282,500	2,375	11,550	$4.1	$5.6
2000	283,500	2,920	12,575	$4.6	$6.1
2001	295,500	2,650	11,400	$4.7	$5.9
2002	300,500	2,280	9,950	$5.0	$6.3
2003	297,000	2,735	10,000	$5.1⁴	$6.2⁴
2004	301,500	2,680	10,500	$4.9	$5.9
2005	287,000	2,570	10,300	$5.8	$6.7
2006	304,500	2,155	8,800	$5.9	$6.6
2007	300,500	2,350	9,650	$6.2⁵	$6.7⁵
2008	291,000	2,365	9,185	$6.9⁶	$7.2⁶
2009	272,500	2,100	9,300	$6.4	$6.7
2010	279,000	2,200	9,400	$5.9	$6.1
2011	274,500	2,105	9,485	$5.7	$5.7

¹ Does not include $1.5 billion in damage caused by the Oakland fire storm, most of which was lost to homes but, for which, no detailed breakdown by property type was available.

² Reflects wildfires that occurred in Southern California in October and November 1993 that resulted in an estimated $809 million property damage.

³ This does not include the Southern California wildfires with an estimated property damage of $2 billion.

⁴ This does not include the California Fire Storm 2007 with an estimated property damage of $1.8 billion.

⁵ Does not include the California wildfires 2008.

Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, like business interruption. Inflation adjustment to 2008 dollars is done using the consumer price index.

Source: Fire Loss in the United States 2011, Michael J. Karter, Jr., September 2012 and previous reports in the series.

Update: 9/12

			Overview of the U.S. fire problem

			Number of fires by type of fire

			Home fires

			Homes Fires with Ten or More Fatalities

			One- and two-family home fires (includes manufactured homes)

			Structure fires

			Residential structure fires

			Non-residential structure fires

			Apartment structure fires

			Non-home structure fires

			U.S. highway vehicle fires