Residential Building Fire Estimate Summaries (2015-2024)
National estimates
The 2024 national estimates for residential building fires and losses show that there were:
- 343,000 fires.
- 2,975 deaths.
- 9,225 injuries.
- $11,561,100,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2015 to 2024 show the following:
- 8% decrease in fires.
- 9% increase in deaths.
- 13% decrease in injuries.
- 25% increase in dollar loss. *
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Residential building fires (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 380900 | 364300 | 371500 | 379600 | 354400 | 372000 | 353500 | 374300 | 344600 | 343000 |
Residential building fire deaths (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 2565 | 2775 | 2695 | 2790 | 2830 | 2615 | 2840 | 2720 | 2890 | 2975 |
Residential building fire injuries (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injuries | 11475 | 11025 | 10825 | 11525 | 12625 | 11825 | 11400 | 10250 | 10400 | 9225 |
Residential building fire dollar loss (2015-2024)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 9395800000 |
| 2016 | 9569400000 |
| 2017 | 9978100000 |
| 2018 | 10236800000 |
| 2019 | 9652600000 |
| 2020 | 10428900000 |
| 2021 | 10252000000 |
| 2022 | 11599100000 |
| 2023 | 11598500000 |
| 2024 | 11561100000 |
Residential building fires statistics