| Structure Fires, 2009-2018 (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 2019
dollars (3) |
Year |
Number
of fires |
As reported |
In 2019
dollars (3) |
| 2009 |
480,500 |
$10.8 |
$12.9 |
2014 |
494,000 |
$9.8 |
$10.6 |
| 2010 |
482,000 |
9.7 |
11.4 |
2015 |
501,500 |
10.3 |
11.1 |
| 2011 |
484,500 |
9.7 |
11.0 |
2016 |
475,500 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
| 2012 |
480,500 |
9.8 |
11.0 |
2017 |
499,000 |
10.7 |
11.2 |
| 2013 |
487,500 |
9.5 |
10.4 |
2018 |
499,000 |
11.1 |
11.3 |
(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2018 National Fire Experience Survey. May exclude reports from all 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 2018 by Ben Evarts, ©2019 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org. |
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