- Author
- Karter, M. J., Jr.
- Title
- Fire Loss in the United States During 2006.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- NFPA No. FLX06, September 2007, 40 p.
- Keywords
- fire losses | fire statistics | fire fatalities | injuries | death | fire departments | damage | costs | fire departments | false alarms | medical services
- Identifiers
- intentional fires; region fire department calls; civilian fire fatalities; civilian fire injuries; direct property loss
- Abstract
- U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,642,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,245 civilian fire fatalities, 16,400 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $11,307,000,000 in direct property loss. There was a civilian fire death every 162 minutes and a civilian fire injury every 32 minutes in 2006. Home fires caused 2,580, or 80%, of the civilian fire deaths. Fires accounted for seven percent of the 24,470,000 total calls. Nine percent of the calls were false alarms; sixty-two percent of the calls were for aid such as EMS.