Residential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2015-2024)
National estimates
The 2024 national estimates for residential building cooking fires and losses show that there were:
- 160,300 fires.
- 120 deaths.
- 2,175 injuries.
- $481,200,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building cooking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2015 to 2024 show the following:
- 15% decrease in fires.
- 37% decrease in deaths.
- 39% decrease in injuries.
- 11% decrease in dollar loss.*
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss (2015-2024)
Residential building cooking fires (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 193400 | 183300 | 191800 | 192700 | 178100 | 192600 | 170000 | 178600 | 167800 | 160300 |
Residential building cooking fire deaths (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 165 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 150 | 140 | 135 | 100 | 125 | 120 |
Residential building cooking fire injuries (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injuries | 3775 | 3475 | 3300 | 3100 | 3550 | 3175 | 3000 | 2350 | 2500 | 2175 |
Residential building cooking fire dollar loss (2015-2024)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 654900000 |
| 2016 | 560500000 |
| 2017 | 533500000 |
| 2018 | 564500000 |
| 2019 | 534800000 |
| 2020 | 564100000 |
| 2021 | 572100000 |
| 2022 | 560000000 |
| 2023 | 589600000 |
| 2024 | 481200000 |