Fire loss in the United States

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Fire Loss in the United States During 2019

This report contains overall statistics from the NFPA survey of fire departments on fires, civilian deaths and injuries, and property damage in 2019. It also includes patterns by major property class, region and community size as well as information on types of fire department calls and false alarms.

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Key findings

• Local fire departments responded to 1,291,500 fires in 2019. These fires caused roughly 3,700 civilian deaths, 16,600 civilian injuries and $14.8 billion in property damage
• Every 24 seconds, a fire department in the United States responds to a fire somewhere in the nation. A fire occurs in a structure at the rate of one every 65 seconds, and a home fire occurs every 93 seconds. 
• Seventy-five percent of all fire deaths and 73 percent of all injuries were caused by home fires.
• Sixty-five percent of all fire deaths resulted from fires in one- or two-family homes and 10 percent were caused by fires in apartments or other multi-family housing.
• Seventeen percent of fire deaths were caused by vehicle fires

Older versions of the report

• Fire Loss in the United States During 2018 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2017 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2016 (PDF)
  
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2015 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2014 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2013 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2012 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2011 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2009 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2007 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2006 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2005 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2004 (PDF)
• Fire Loss in the United States During 2003 (PDF)

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