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Residential Building Smoking Fire Trends (2013-2022)

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National estimates

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

8,600 fires.
295 deaths.
700 injuries.
$525,700,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

A 3% increase in fires.
A 10% decrease in deaths.
A 9% decrease in injuries.
A 52% increase in dollar loss^*.
In 2022, there were 24 incidents with a reported dollar loss of $1,000,000 or more. The 2022 high-dollar loss fires also included a $15,100,000 apartment building fire in Big Spring, Texas.

^*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

Residential building smoking fires (2013-2022)

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	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fires	8000	7600	8000	7700	7800	7700	7000	7900	7800	8600

Residential building smoking fire deaths (2013-2022)

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	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Deaths	320	325	320	375	300	390	320	330	275	295

Residential building smoking fire injuries (2013-2022)

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	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Injuries	850	775	675	750	700	700	750	725	750	700

Residential building smoking fire dollar loss (2013-2022)

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Year	Dollar loss
2013	358700000
2014	284200000
2015	315800000
2016	340800000
2017	361800000
2018	371700000
2019	359900000
2020	417200000
2021	390400000
2022	525700000

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.