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Residential Fire Estimate Summaries (2014-2023)

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National estimates

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

344,600 fires.
2,890 deaths.
10,400 injuries.
$11,266,200,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

A 6% decrease in fires.
A 5% increase in deaths.
An 8% decrease in injuries.
A 25% increase 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

Residential building fires (2014-2023)

Residential building fires (2014-2023)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fires	379500	380900	364300	371500	379600	354400	372000	353500	374300	344600

Residential building fire deaths (2014-2023)

Residential building fire deaths (2014-2023)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Deaths	2765	2565	2775	2695	2790	2830	2615	2840	2720	2890

Residential building fire injuries (2014-2023)

Residential building fire injuries (2014-2023)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Injuries	12075	11475	11025	10825	11525	12625	11825	11400	10250	10400

Residential building fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

Residential building fire dollar loss (2014-2023)
Year	Dollar loss
2014	8881400000
2015	9126600000
2016	9295200000
2017	9692200000
2018	9943500000
2019	9376100000
2020	10130100000
2021	9958300000
2022	11266800000
2023	11266200000

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.