Residential Building Intentional Fire Trends (2015-2024)
National estimates
The 2024 national estimates for residential building intentional fires and losses show that there were:
- 16,000 fires.
- 285 deaths.
- 425 injuries.
- $464,200,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building intentional fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2015 to 2024 show the following:
- 14% increase in fires.
-
7% decrease in deaths.
- In 2017, the peak in the estimate of fire deaths included 12 reported multifatality fire incidents.
- 18% decrease in injuries.
-
7% decrease in dollar loss. *
- A $110,000,000 fire in Massachusetts and an $80,000,000 fire in Minnesota contributed to the 2017 and 2020 residential intentionally set fire dollar-loss peaks, respectively.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Residential building intentional fires (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 15600 | 15200 | 15700 | 15900 | 15800 | 18200 | 18200 | 18500 | 17200 | 16000 |
Residential building intentional fire deaths (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 290 | 260 | 370 | 255 | 265 | 185 | 275 | 265 | 290 | 285 |
Residential building intentional fire injuries (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injuries | 650 | 625 | 700 | 700 | 750 | 725 | 700 | 675 | 600 | 425 |
Residential building intentional fire dollar loss (2015-2024)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 520200000 |
| 2016 | 529800000 |
| 2017 | 945200000 |
| 2018 | 695200000 |
| 2019 | 540400000 |
| 2020 | 1094100000 |
| 2021 | 632400000 |
| 2022 | 631300000 |
| 2023 | 649700000 |
| 2024 | 464200000 |