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Residential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2012‑2021)

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National estimates

The 2021 national estimates for residential building cooking fires and losses show that there were:

170,000 fires.
135 deaths.
3,000 injuries.
$494,200,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for residential building cooking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2012 to 2021 show the following:

A 4% decrease in fires.
A 31% decrease in deaths.
A 32% decrease in injuries.
A 29% decrease in dollar loss.
This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2021 value.

Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss

Residential building cooking fires

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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Fires	182000	188000	189800	193400	183300	191800	192700	178100	192600	170000

Residential building cooking fire deaths

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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Deaths	145	225	250	165	170	170	170	150	140	135

Residential building cooking fire injuries

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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Injuries	4425	4225	4125	3775	3475	3300	3100	3550	3175	3000

Residential building cooking fire dollar loss

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Year	Dollar loss
2012	655800000
2013	603400000
2014	625400000
2015	565700000
2016	484200000
2017	460800000
2018	487600000
2019	462000000
2020	487300000
2021	494200000

Fire estimate summaries present basic data on the size and status of the fire problem in the U.S. as depicted through data reported to the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) National Fire Incident Reporting System from incidents reported by local response agencies. Each Fire Estimate Summary addresses the size of the specific fire or fire-related issue and highlights important trends in the data.

Fire estimate summaries are based on the USFA's National Estimates Methodology for Building Fires and Losses PDF. The USFA is committed to providing the best and most current information on the U.S. fire problem and continually examines data received from participating fire departments and the analytical methods used to fulfill this goal. Because of this commitment, data collection strategies and methodological changes are possible and do occur. Previous estimates on specific issues (or similar issues) may have used different methodologies or data definitions and, therefore, may not be directly comparable to current estimates.