Non-home structure fires by year
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| Year |
Fires |
Civilian deaths |
Civilian injuries |
Direct property damage
(In billions)1
As reported |
Direct property damage1
(In billions)
In 2011 dollars |
| 1977 |
374,500 |
6402 |
4,670 |
$2.1 |
$7.7 |
| 1978 |
355,500 |
335 |
4,585 |
$1.9 |
$6.6 |
| 1979 |
340,000 |
470 |
6,025 |
$2.6 |
$8.0 |
| 1980 |
331,000 |
475 |
5,025 |
$2.6 |
$7.1 |
| 1981 |
316,500 |
360 |
6,575 |
$2.8 |
$7.0 |
| 1982 |
292,000 |
380 |
5,125 |
$2.6 |
$6.0 |
| 1983 |
243,000 |
420 |
5,400 |
$2.6 |
$5.9 |
| 1984 |
242,500 |
450 |
4,275 |
$2.5 |
$5.5 |
| 1985 |
253,500 |
380 |
4,175 |
$2.7 |
$5.7 |
| 1986 |
234,500 |
330 |
4,175 |
$2.4 |
$4.9 |
| 1987 |
221,500 |
310 |
3,850 |
$2.6 |
$5.2 |
| 1988 |
206,500 |
325 |
4,200 |
$3.3 |
$6.3 |
| 1989 |
189,500 |
320 |
3,750 |
$3.6 |
$6.6 |
| 1990 |
169,500 |
3503 |
3,850 |
$2.6 |
$4.4 |
| 1991 |
176,000 |
265 |
3,700 |
$2.94 |
$4.74 |
| 1992 |
178,500 |
235 |
3,225 |
$3.2 |
$5.1 |
| 1993 |
163,500 |
260 |
4,5505 |
$2.66 |
$4.16 |
| 1994 |
176,000 |
165 |
3,650 |
$2.7 |
$4.0 |
| 1995 |
159,500 |
3457 |
3,075 |
$3.4 |
$4.9 |
| 1996 |
161,500 |
185 |
3,000 |
$3.1 |
$4.4 |
| 1997 |
156,500 |
150 |
3,075 |
$2.6 |
$3.7 |
| 1998 |
148,000 |
200 |
2,625 |
$2.4 |
$3.4 |
| 1999 |
152,000 |
145 |
2,475 |
$3.5 |
$4.8 |
| 2000 |
137,500 |
115 |
2,625 |
$3.0 |
$3.9 |
| 20018 |
138,000 |
110 |
2,025 |
$3.4 |
$4.3 |
| 2002 |
130,000 |
105 |
1,950 |
$2.8 |
$3.5 |
| 2003 |
131,000 |
2409 |
1,950 |
$2.710 |
$3.310 |
| 2004 |
130,500 |
115 |
1,825 |
$2.5 |
$3.0 |
| 2005 |
130,000 |
75 |
2,025 |
$2.5 |
$2.8 |
| 2006 |
128,000 |
125 |
1,850 |
$2.8 |
$3.1 |
| 2007 |
131,500 |
135 |
1,750 |
$3.211 |
$3.511 |
| 2008 |
128,500 |
145 |
1,800 |
$4.112 |
$4.312 |
| 2009 |
118,000 |
130 |
2,090 |
$3.2 |
$3.4 |
| 2010 |
112,500 |
115 |
2,070 |
$2.8 |
$2.9 |
| 2011 |
114,500 |
120 |
1,725 |
$2.8 |
$2.8 |
1 Individual incidents with large loss can affect the total for a given year.
2 Includes 165 deaths at the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky.
3 Includes 87 deaths at the Happy Land social club fire in New York City (N.Y.C.).
4 Does not include $1.5 billion in damage caused by the Oakland Fire Storm.
5 Includes 1,024 injuries that occurred at the World Trade Centerexplosion and fire in N.Y.C.
6 Does not include Southern California Wildfire with a loss of $809 million.
7 Includes 168 deaths that occurred at the federal office building fire in Oklahoma City, OK.
8 Does not include the events of 9/11/01, where there were 2,451 civilian deaths, 800 civilian injuries and $33.44 billion in property loss.
9 This includes 100 fire deaths in the Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island and 31 deaths in two nursing home fires in Connecticut and Tennessee.
10 This does not include the Southern California Wildfires with on estimated property damage of $2 billion.
11 This does not include the California Fire Storm 2007 with an estimated property damage of $1.8 billion.
12 Does not include the California wildfires 2008.
The 1988 figure includes a Norco, Louisianapetroleum refinery with a loss of $330 million. The 1989 figure includes a Pasadena, Texaspolyolefin plant with a loss of $750 million. The 1995 figures includes an Oklahoma City, OK office building with a loss of $135 million, a Georgia manufacturing plant fire with a loss of $200 million and a Massachusetts industrial complex fire with a loss of $500 million. The 1992 figure includes the los Angeles Civil Disturbance with a loss of $567 million.
Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, like business interruption. Inflation adjustment to 2011 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.
Updated: 9/12