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National estimates
The 2020 national estimates for residential building cooking fires and losses show that there were:
- 192,600 cooking fires.
- 140 deaths.
- 3,175 injuries.
- $465,400,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building cooking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2011 to 2020 show the following:
- A 7% increase in fires
The increase in the trend of fires may be due to an NFIRS coding edit implemented in 2012. - A 13% decrease in deaths.
- A 25% decrease in injuries.
- A 16% decrease in dollar loss.
This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year’s dollar loss to its equivalent 2020 value.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Residential building cooking fires
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fires | 166600 | 182000 | 188000 | 189800 | 193400 | 183300 | 191800 | 192700 | 178100 | 192600 |
Residential building cooking fire deaths
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | 135 | 145 | 225 | 250 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 150 | 140 |
Residential building cooking fire injuries
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injuries | 3675 | 4425 | 4225 | 4125 | 3775 | 3475 | 3300 | 3100 | 3550 | 3175 |
Residential building cooking fire dollar loss
Year | Dollar loss |
---|---|
2011 | 370500000 |
2012 | 626400000 |
2013 | 576300000 |
2014 | 597300000 |
2015 | 540300000 |
2016 | 462500000 |
2017 | 440100000 |
2018 | 465700000 |
2019 | 441200000 |
2020 | 465400000 |
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dollar loss | 370.5 | 626.4 | 576.3 | 597.3 | 540.3 | 462.5 | 440.1 | 465.7 | 441.2 | 465.4 |