Residential Building Heating Fire Trends (2010‑2019)

National Estimates

The 2019 national estimates for residential building heating fires and losses show that there were:

• 33,100 fires.
• 145 deaths.
• 675 injuries.
• $351,100,000 in dollar loss.

Overall Trends

Overall trends for residential building heating fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2010 to 2019 show the following:

• A 32% decrease in fires.
• A 0.3% decrease in deaths. In 2014, there were 11 reported multifatality heating fires that contributed to the spike in fire deaths.
• A 7% decrease in injuries.
• A 13% decrease in dollar loss. (This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2019 value.)