| Structure Fires, 2014-2023 (1) |
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Direct property damage (2) ($ billions) |
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Direct property damage (2) ($ billions) |
| Year |
Number of fires |
As reported |
In 2024 dollars (3) |
Year |
Number of fires |
As reported |
In 2024 dollars (3) |
| 2014 |
494,000 |
$9.8 |
$12.9 |
2019 |
481,500 |
$12.3 |
$15.1 |
| 2015 |
501,500 |
10.3 |
13.6 |
2020 |
490,500 |
12.1 |
14.7 |
| 2016 |
475,500 |
7.8 |
10.2 |
2021 |
486,500 |
12.7 |
14.6 |
| 2017 |
499,000 |
10.7 |
13.8 |
2022 |
522,500 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
| 2018 |
499,000 |
11.1 |
13.9 |
2023 |
470,000 |
14.7 |
15.1 |
(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2023 National Fire Experience Survey. May exclude reports from some fire departments.
(2) Does not include damage from major wildfires.
(3) Calculated from unrounded numbers by the Insurance Information Institute using the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics' Inflation Calculator.
Source: Reproduced with permission from Fire Loss in the United States During 2023 by Shelby Hall and Ben Evarts, ©2024 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org. |
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