Residential building intentional fire trends (2013-2022)

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National estimates

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

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

A 16% increase in fires.
A 16% decrease in deaths.
In 2017, 12 reported multifatality fire incidents may have contributed to the peak in the estimate of fire deaths.
A 7% increase in injuries.
A 32% increase in dollar loss.^*
A reported $110,000,000 under-construction apartment complex fire in Waltham, Massachusetts, contributed to the 2017 dollar-loss peak. A reported $80,000,000 under-construction apartment and hotel complex fire in St. Paul, Minnesota, contributed to the 2020 dollar-loss peak.

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

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fires	17100	15800	15600	15200	15700	15900	15800	18200	18200	18500

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Deaths	320	235	290	260	370	255	265	185	275	265

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Injuries	725	625	650	625	700	700	750	725	700	675