Apartment structure fires by year
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| Year |
Fires |
Civilian deaths |
Civilian injuries |
Direct property damage
(In millions)
As reported |
Direct property damage
(In millions)
In 2011 dollars |
| 1980 |
143,500 |
1,025 |
3,600 |
$401 |
$1,095 |
| 1981 |
137,000 |
970 |
4,250 |
$415 |
$1,024 |
| 1982 |
116,500 |
860 |
4,700 |
$353 |
$821 |
| 1983 |
102,000 |
845 |
4,300 |
$413 |
$931 |
| 1984 |
99,500 |
785 |
3,650 |
$417 |
$901 |
| 1985 |
104,500 |
865 |
3,925 |
$476 |
$993 |
| 1986 |
97,500 |
650 |
3,925 |
$472 |
$968 |
| 1987 |
103,500 |
790 |
4,765 |
$521 |
$1,030 |
| 1988 |
106,000 |
830 |
4,950 |
$548 |
$1,042 |
| 1989 |
96,000 |
790 |
5,050 |
$541 |
$981 |
| 1990 |
95,500 |
680 |
4,975 |
$623 |
$1,072 |
| 1991 |
101,500 |
595 |
5,675 |
$6091 |
$1,0051 |
| 1992 |
101,500 |
545 |
5,825 |
$597 |
$957 |
| 1993 |
100,000 |
685 |
6,300 |
$6532 |
$1,0152 |
| 1994 |
97,000 |
640 |
5,475 |
$678 |
$1,028 |
| 1995 |
94,000 |
605 |
5,200 |
$649 |
$957 |
| 1996 |
93,000 |
565 |
5,175 |
$748 |
$1,072 |
| 1997 |
93,000 |
660 |
5,000 |
$718 |
$1,005 |
| 1998 |
86,500 |
445 |
5,000 |
$631 |
$871 |
| 1999 |
88,500 |
520 |
4,500 |
$842 |
$1,135 |
| 2000 |
84,500 |
500 |
4,400 |
$886 |
$1,157 |
| 2001 |
88,000 |
460 |
3,800 |
$864 |
$1,097 |
| 2002 |
88,500 |
390 |
3,700 |
$926 |
$1,157 |
| 2003 |
91,500 |
410 |
3,650 |
$8973 |
$1,0973 |
| 2004 |
94,000 |
510 |
3,200 |
$885 |
$1,054 |
| 2005 |
94,000 |
460 |
3,000 |
$948 |
$1,091 |
| 2006 |
91,500 |
425 |
3,700 |
$896 |
$999 |
| 2007 |
98,500 |
515 |
3,950 |
$1,1644 |
$1,26142 |
| 2008 |
95,500 |
390 |
3,975 |
$1,3515 |
$1,4124 |
| 2009 |
90,000 |
465 |
3,350 |
$1,2255 |
$1,2835 |
| 2010 |
90,500 |
440 |
3,950 |
$1,003 |
$1,065 |
| 2011 |
95,500 |
415 |
4,425 |
$1,168 |
$1,168 |
Note: These are national estimates of fires reported to the U.S. municipal fire dpeartments and so exclude fires reported only to federal or state agencies or industrial fire brigades. National estimates are projections. Casualty and loss projections can be heavily influenced by the inclusion or exclusion of one unusually serious fire. Fires are rounded to the nearest hundred, civilian deaths and injuries are rounded to the nearest ten, and direct property damage is rounded to the nearest million dollars.
Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, like business interruption.
Inflation adjustment to 2011 dolalrs is done using the consumer price index.
1 Does not include $1.5 billion in damage caused by the Oakland Fire Storm.
2 Does not include $809 million in damage caused by Southern California Wildfires.
3 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 California wildfires 2008.
Source: Fire Loss in the United States 2011, Michael J. Karter, Jr., September 2012 and previous reports in the series.
Updated: 9/12