African American males (21.6) and American Indian males (17.2) have the highest fire death rates per million population.
People ages 85 or older have the highest fire death rate (44.8).
People ages 50-54 have the highest fire injury rate (63.8).
More information on fire death rates for older adults and children.
Read our reports on fire departments and firefighters.
There were an estimated 29,705 fire departments (all career: 10%; mostly career: 8%; mostly volunteer: 18%; all volunteer: 64%).
See: National Fire Protection Association for more statistics on fire departments.
There were an estimated 1,115,000 firefighters (career: 370,000; volunteer: 745,000).
See: National Fire Protection Association for more statistics on firefighters.
62 | Firefighters died while on duty. |
37 | Firefighters died from activities related to an emergency incident. |
33 | Firefighters died from heart attacks. |
18 | Firefighters died from activities at a fire scene. |
12 | Firefighters died from activities at a non-fire scene. |
8 | Firefighters died while responding to or returning from emergency incidents. |
5 | Firefighters died while participating in training activities. |
22,975 firefighters were injured on the fireground in 2018.
Visit: National Fire Protection Association for more statistics on firefighter injuries.
These documents describe the data sources and methodology we use to calculate our fire loss estimates.