| Structure Fires, 2012-2021 (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 2022 dollars (3) |
Year |
Number of fires |
As reported |
In 2022 dollars (3) |
| 2012 |
480,500 |
$9.8 |
$12.7 |
2017 |
499,000 |
$10.7 |
$13.0 |
| 2013 |
487,500 |
9.5 |
12.0 |
2018 |
499,000 |
11.1 |
13.0 |
| 2014 |
494,000 |
9.8 |
12.2 |
2019 |
481,500 |
12.3 |
14.2 |
| 2015 |
501,500 |
10.3 |
12.8 |
2020 |
490,500 |
12.1 |
13.8 |
| 2016 |
475,500 |
7.8 |
9.6 |
2021 |
486,500 |
12.7 |
13.8 |
(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2021 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 2021 by Shelby Hall and Ben Evarts, ©2022 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org. |
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