An official website of the United States government Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Residential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2013-2022)

Share on:

National estimates

The 2022 national estimates for residential building cooking fires and losses show that there were:

178,600 fires.
100 deaths.
2,350 injuries.
$522,500,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for residential building cooking fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2013 to 2022 show the following:

A 7% decrease in fires.
A 51% decrease in deaths.
A 36% decrease in injuries.
A 23% decrease in dollar loss^*.

^*This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2022 value.

Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss (2013-2022)

Residential building cooking fires (2013-2022)

View data in a table
Download chart

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fires	188000	189800	193400	183300	191800	192700	178100	192600	170000	178600

Residential building cooking fire deaths (2013-2022)

View data in a table
Download chart

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Deaths	225	250	165	170	170	170	150	140	135	100

Residential building cooking fire injuries (2013-2022)

View data in a table
Download chart

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Injuries	4225	4125	3775	3475	3300	3100	3550	3175	3000	2350

Residential building cooking fire dollar loss (2013-2022)

View data in a table
Download chart

Year	Dollar loss
2013	651700000
2014	675400000
2015	611000000
2016	522900000
2017	497700000
2018	526600000
2019	498900000
2020	526300000
2021	533700000
2022	522500000

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.