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Reported Fires By Property Use, 2023 (1)
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Property use Fires Property loss (2) ($ millions)
Structures 470,000 $14,688 
   Residential  352,000 11,398
      Home  332,000 11,021
         One- and two-family homes (3) 255,500 8,675
         Apartments and other multi-family 76,500 2,346
         Other residential structures (4) 20,000 377
   Non-residential (5) 118,000 3,290
Vehicle fire  210,500 2,599
   Highway vehicle fire  180,000 1,961
   Other vehicle fire  30,500 638
Outside and other fire   708,500 5,933 (9)
   Fire outside but no vehicle (6) 84,500 214
   Fires in brush, grass, or wildlands (7) 287,000 (8)
   Outside rubbish fire  248,500 (8)
   All other fire  88,500 219
Total  1,389,000 $23,219 (9)

(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) Includes overall direct property loss to contents, structures, vehicles, machinery, vegetation or any other property involved in a fire. Excludes indirect losses, such as business interruption or temporary shelter costs.
(3) Includes manufactured homes.
(4) Includes hotels and motels, dormitories, rooming houses, residential board and care properties, and other residential properties.
(5) Public assembly, educational, institutional, retail, office, manufacturing, and industrial or utility properties.
(6) Outside storage, crops, timber, etc.
(7) Excludes crops and timber, with no value or loss involved.
(8) Property damage is not captured for brush, grass, or wildland fires with no loss or outside rubbish fires.
(9) Includes $5.5 billion property loss estimate from the wildfires predominantly on the island of Maui in Hawaii in August of 2023.

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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Reported Fires By Property Use, 2019 (1)
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Property use Fires Property loss (2)
($ millions)
Structures 481,500 $12,287
     Residential  361,500 7,976
          Home  339,500 7,767
               One- and two-family homes (3) 264,500 6,428
               Apartments and other multi-family 75,000 1,339
               Other residential structures (4) 22,000 209
     Non-residential (5) 120,000 4,311
Vehicle fire  223,000 2,229
     Highway vehicle fire  189,500 1,645
     Other vehicle fire  33,500 584
Outside and other fire   587,000 304
     Fire outside but no vehicle (6) 70,500 206
     Fires in brush, grass, or wildlands (7) 244,500 NA 
     Outside rubbish fire  177,500 NA 
All other fire  94,500 98
Total 1,291,500 $14,820

(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2019 National Fire Experience Survey. May exclude reports from all fire departments.
(2) Includes overall direct property loss to contents, structures, vehicles, machinery, vegetation or any other property involved in a fire. Excludes indirect losses, such as business interruption or temporary shelter costs.
(3) Includes manufactured homes.
(4) Includes hotels and motels, dormitories, rooming houses, residential board and care properties, and other residential properties.
(5) Public assembly, educational, institutional, retail, office, manufacturing, and industrial or utility properties.
(6) Outside storage, crops, timber, etc.
(7) Excludes crops and timber, with no value or loss involved.

NA=Data not available.

Source: Reproduced with permission from Fire Loss in the United States During 2019 by Marty Ahrens and Ben Evarts, ©2020 National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org.

 
Reported Fires By Property Use, 2020 (1)
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Property use Fires Property loss (2)
($ millions)
Fires in California Wildland-Urban Interface   $4,200
Structures 490,500 12,107
   Residential  379,500 8,703
      Home  356,500 8,400
         One- and two-family homes (3) 270,500 6,771
         Apartments and other multi-family 86,000 1,629
         Other residential structures (4) 23,000 303
   Non-residential (5) 111,000 3,404
Vehicle fire  209,500 5,170
   Highway vehicle fire  173,000 1,615
   Other vehicle fire  36,500 3,555 (6)
Outside and other fire   688,500 389
   Fire outside but no vehicle (7) 84,000 210
   Fires in brush, grass, or wildlands (8) 277,000 NA 
   Outside rubbish fire  225,000 NA 
All other fire  102,500 179
Total  1,388,500 $21,866

(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2020 National Fire Experience Survey. May exclude reports from some fire departments.
(2) Includes overall direct property loss to contents, structures, vehicles, machinery, vegetation or any other property involved in a fire. Excludes indirect losses, such as business interruption or temporary shelter costs.
(3) Includes manufactured homes.
(4) Includes hotels and motels, dormitories, rooming houses, residential board and care properties, and other residential properties.
(5) Public assembly, educational, institutional, retail, office, manufacturing, and industrial or utility properties.
(6) Includes a $3 billion naval ship fire in California.
(7) Outside storage, crops, timber, etc.
(8) Excludes crops and timber, with no value or loss involved.

Source: Reproduced with permission from Fire Loss in the United States During 2020 by Marty Ahrens and Ben Evarts, ©2021 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org.

 
Reported Fires By Property Use, 2021 (1)
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Property use Fires  Property loss (2)($ millions)
Fires in California Wildland-Urban Interface   $678
Structures 486,500 12,751 
   Residential 361,000 8,949 
      Home 338,000 8,697 
         One- and two-family homes (3) 256,500 6,972 
         Apartments and other multi-family 81,500 1,725 
         Other residential structures (4) 23,000 252
   Non-residential (5) 125,500 3,564
Vehicle fire 208,500 2,165
   Highway vehicle fire 174,000 1,547
   Other vehicle fire 34,500 618
Outside and other fire 658,500 363
   Fire outside but no vehicle (6) 79,500 156
   Fires in brush, grass, or wildlands (7) 269,500 NA 
   Outside rubbish fire 229,500 NA 
All other fire 80,000 207
Total  1,353,500 $15,957

(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2021 National Fire Experience Survey. May exclude reports from somefire departments.
(2) Includes overall direct property loss to contents, structures, vehicles, machinery, vegetation or any other property involved in a fire. Excludes indirect losses, such as business interruption or temporary shelter costs.
(3) Includes manufactured homes.
(4) Includes hotels and motels, dormitories, rooming houses, residential board and care properties, and other residential properties.
(5) Public assembly, educational, institutional, retail, office, manufacturing, and industrial or utility properties.
(6) Outside storage, crops, timber, etc.
(7) Excludes crops and timber, with no value or loss involved.

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.

 
Reported Fires By Property Use, 2022 (1)
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Property use Fires  Property loss (2) ($ millions)
Structures 522,500 $15,024 
   Residential  382,500 10,955 
      Home  360,000 10,537 
         One- and two-family homes (3) 280,000 8,626 
         Apartments and other multi-family 80,000 1,911 
         Other residential structures (4) 22,500 418
   Non-residential (5) 140,000 4,068
Vehicle fire  222,000 2,649
   Highway vehicle fire  188,500 1,995
   Other vehicle fire  33,500 655
Outside and other fire   760,000 399
   Fire outside but no vehicle (6) 95,000 250
   Fires in brush, grass, or wildlands (7) 338,500 0
   Outside rubbish fire  235,000 0
   All other fire  91,500 149
Total  1,504,500 $18,072

(1) Estimates based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2022 National Fire Experience Survey. May exclude reports from some fire departments.
(2) Includes overall direct property loss to contents, structures, vehicles, machinery, vegetation or any other property involved in a fire. Excludes indirect losses, such as business interruption or temporary shelter costs.
(3) Includes manufactured homes.
(4) Includes hotels and motels, dormitories, rooming houses, residential board and care properties, and other residential properties.
(5) Public assembly, educational, institutional, retail, office, manufacturing, and industrial or utility properties.
(6) Outside storage, crops, timber, etc.
(7) Excludes crops and timber, with no value or loss involved.

Source: Reproduced with permission from Fire Loss in the United States During 2022 by Shelby Hall and Ben Evarts, ©2023 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org.