Fire loss in the United States

Report

Fire Loss in the United States During 2019

NFPA’s annual fire department experience survey found that local fire departments responded to an estimated 1,291,500 fires in 2019. This report provides 2019 estimates and trends for reported fires, civilian deaths and injuries, and direct property loss overall, and by broad property classes and incident types.

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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

Related information

• Fire Loss in the United States During 2018 (PDF)

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