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Statistics

 

NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative is dedicated to following home fire trends and keeping you current on the latest fire statistics.

Residential Structure Fires: The reported number of civilian deaths and injuries, and the cost of property damage (in billions of dollars) as a result of fire in residential structures from 1977 - 2010. Residential structures include homes, hotels and motels, dormitories, barracks, and the like but do not include schools, jails or prisons, among other properties that provide sleeping accommodations. 
 Residential Structure Fires

One- and two- family home fires (including manufactured homes): The reported number of civilian deaths and injuries, and the cost of property damage (in billions of dollars) as a result of fire in one- and two- family homes from 1977 - 2010.

One- and two- family home fires

Home fires with ten or more fatalities: Gathered from NFPA’s Fire Incident Data Organization, this table provides dates and locations along with the number of deaths as a result of home fires from 1980 - 2010.

U.S. home structure fires: The reported number of civilian deaths and injuries, and the cost of property damage (in billions of dollars) as a result of fire in home structures defined as dwellings, duplexes, manufactured homes, apartments, rowhouses, townhouses and condominiums. 
Home Structure Fires
Printable fact sheets: Our fact sheets are designed to answer frequently asked questions and are formatted for use as handouts to provide quick fire statistics.