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Residential Building Heating Fire Trends (2014-2023)

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)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Fires47600412003510033800357003310033000322003480027900

Residential building heating fire deaths (2014-2023)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Deaths245165165195155145125190110115

Residential building heating fire injuries (2014-2023)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Injuries850575500575575675575625650525

Residential building heating fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

YearDollar loss
2014777700000
2015504400000
2016439100000
2017397400000
2018497900000
2019418400000
2020445700000
2021497000000
2022587800000
2023488000000
2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Dollar loss777.7504.4439.1397.4497.9418.4445.7497.0587.8488.0