Residential Building Smoking Fire Trends (2015-2024)
National estimates
The 2024 national estimates for residential building smoking fires and losses show that there were:
- 7,000 fires.
- 335 deaths.
- 525 injuries.
- $1,102,500,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building smoking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2015 to 2024 show the following:
- 6% decrease in fires.
- 17% decrease in deaths.
- 13% decrease in injuries.
-
175% increase in dollar loss.*
- The 2022 high-dollar-loss fires included a $15,100,000 fire in Texas, and the 2024 high-dollar-loss fires included a $274,000,000 fire in North Carolina.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Residential building smoking fires (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 8000 | 7700 | 7800 | 7700 | 7000 | 7900 | 7800 | 8600 | 7000 | 7000 |
Residential building smoking fire deaths (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 320 | 375 | 300 | 390 | 320 | 330 | 275 | 295 | 255 | 335 |
Residential building smoking fire injuries (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injuries | 675 | 750 | 700 | 700 | 750 | 725 | 750 | 700 | 675 | 525 |
Residential building smoking fire dollar loss (2015-2024)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 338500000 |
| 2016 | 365300000 |
| 2017 | 387800000 |
| 2018 | 398400000 |
| 2019 | 385800000 |
| 2020 | 447200000 |
| 2021 | 418500000 |
| 2022 | 563500000 |
| 2023 | 420700000 |
| 2024 | 1102500000 |