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Residential Fire Estimate Summaries

Residential building fire trends (2011-2020)

The 2020 national estimates for residential building fires and losses show that there were:

372,000 fires.
2,615 deaths.
11,825 injuries.
$8,604,400,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends for residential building fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2011 to 2020 show the following:

A 2% decrease in fires.
A 10% increase in deaths.
A 13% decrease in injuries.
A 10% increase 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 fires

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	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fires	364500	374000	380300	379500	380900	364300	371500	379600	354400	372000

Residential building fire deaths

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	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Deaths	2450	2385	2755	2765	2565	2775	2695	2790	2830	2615

Residential building fire injuries

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	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Injuries	13900	13050	12450	12075	11475	11025	10825	11525	12625	11825

Residential building fire dollar loss

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Year	Dollar loss
2011	7652900000
2012	8006800000
2013	7638900000
2014	7543800000
2015	7752100000
2016	7895300000
2017	8232500000
2018	8445900000
2019	7963900000
2020	8604400000

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.”. 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.