Data Sets

The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) uses the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and data from a variety of sources to provide information and analyses on the status and scope of the fire problem in the United States. We provide the data below free of charge.

NFIRS public data release

Each year the USFA compiles publicly-released incidents, collected by states during the previous calendar year, into a public database that is available free of charge.

Fire loss in the United States

11 worksheets presenting a wide variety of statistics on overall fires and fire losses, fires and fire losses by property type, and fire causes by property type.

• 2008-2017 XLS

  Fire in the United States (20th Edition) PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

• 2006-2015 XLS

  Fire in the United States (19th Edition) PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

• 2005-2014 XLS

  Fire in the United States (18th Edition) PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

• Fire Loss in the United States (2004-2013) XLS

  Fire in the United States (17th Edition) PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

• Fire Loss in the United States (2000-2011) XLS

  Data Sources and Methodology Documentation PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

More data sets

• Fire death and injury rates (2013-2022) XLS

  9 worksheets presenting statistics for U.S. states and various population groups on fire death/injury rates and relative risk of dying in a fire. Fire in the United States (20th Edition) PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

• Firefighter fatalities

  Download firefighter fatality data collected by the U.S. Fire Administration from 2000 to the present.

• Home fire fatalities reported on by the U.S. news media

  Information on home fire deaths is compiled through a daily internet search (Monday-Friday) of U.S. news media reports. The primary purpose of this information is to help raise awareness about the danger of fire and the frequency of home fire deaths.

• Residential and nonresidential building fire and fire loss estimates by property use and cause (2003-2022) XLS

  Worksheets presenting basic data on the size and status of the residential and nonresidential building fire problem in the United States. National Estimates Methodology for Building Fires and Losses PDF describes the methodologies used in analyzing the data in this spreadsheet.

• Social Vulnerability Explorer

  This tool combines home fire fatality news reports collected by USFA with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Social Vulnerability Index. Together, these 2 datasets create a composite index for assessing potential underlying factors that might contribute to home fire fatalities.

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