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Residential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2014-2023)

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National estimates

The 2023 national estimates for residential building cooking fires and losses show that there were:

167,800 fires.
125 deaths.
2,500 injuries.
$572,700,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for residential building cooking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:

An 11% decrease in fires.
A 49% decrease in deaths.
A 37% decrease in injuries.
A 15% decrease in dollar loss.^*

* This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2023 value.

Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss (2014-2023)

Residential building cooking fires (2014-2023)

Residential building cooking fires (2014-2023)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fires	189800	193400	183300	191800	192700	178100	192600	170000	178600	167800

Residential building cooking fire deaths (2014-2023)

Residential building cooking fire deaths (2014-2023)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Deaths	250	165	170	170	170	150	140	135	100	125

Residential building cooking fire injuries (2014-2023)

Residential building cooking fire injuries (2014-2023)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Injuries	4125	3775	3475	3300	3100	3550	3175	3000	2350	2500

Residential building cooking fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

Residential building cooking fire dollar loss (2014-2023)
Year	Dollar loss
2014	703200000
2015	636100000
2016	544500000
2017	518200000
2018	548300000
2019	519500000
2020	548000000
2021	555700000
2022	544000000
2023	572700000

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Dollar loss	703.2	636.1	544.5	518.2	548.3	519.5	548.0	555.7	544.0	572.7

Fire estimate summaries present basic data on the size and status of the fire problem in the U.S. as depicted through data reported to the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) National Fire Incident Reporting System from incidents reported by local response agencies. Each Fire Estimate Summary addresses the size of the specific fire or fire-related issue and highlights important trends in the data.

Fire estimate summaries are based on the USFA's National Estimates Methodology for Building Fires and Losses PDF.

The USFA is committed to providing the best and most current information on the U.S. fire problem and continually examines data received from participating fire departments and the analytical methods used to fulfill this goal. Because of this commitment, data collection strategies and methodological changes are possible and do occur. Previous estimates on specific issues (or similar issues) may have used different methodologies or data definitions and, therefore, may not be directly comparable to current estimates.