2021 Fire Statistics from NFPA

• Local fire departments responded to 1,353,500 fires in 2021.

• These fires caused 3,800 civilian deaths, 14,700 civilian injuries and $15.9 billion in property damage.

• Every 23 seconds, a fire department in the United States responds to a fire somewhere in the nation. A fire occurs in a structure at the rate of one every 65 seconds, and a home fire occurs every 93 seconds.

• Seventy-five percent of all fire deaths were caused by home fires. This includes the 64 percent that resulted from fires in one- or two-family homes and the 11 percent caused by fires in apartments or other multi-family housing.

• Eighteen percent of fire deaths were caused by vehicle fires.