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Residential Building Heating Fire Trends (2014-2023)

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National estimates

The 2023 national estimates for residential building heating fires and losses show that there were:

27,900 fires.
115 deaths.
525 injuries.
$488,000,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for residential building heating fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:

A 31% decrease in fires.
A 44% decrease in deaths.
In 2014, there were 11 reported multifatality heating fires that contributed to the spike in fire deaths.
A 14% decrease in injuries.
A 17% decrease in dollar loss^*.

^*This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2023 value.

Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss

Residential building heating fires (2014-2023)

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fires	47,600	41,200	35,100	33,800	35,700	33,100	33,000	32,200	34,800	27,900

Residential building heating fire deaths (2014-2023)

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Deaths	245	165	165	195	155	145	125	190	110	115

Residential building heating fire injuries (2014-2023)

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Injuries	850	575	500	575	575	675	575	625	650	525

Residential building heating fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

Year	Dollar loss
2014	777,700,000
2015	504,400,000
2016	439,100,000
2017	397,400,000
2018	497,900,000
2019	418,400,000
2020	445,700,000
2021	497,000,000
2022	587,800,000
2023	488,000,000

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.