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Residential Building Smoking Fire Trends (2014-2023)

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National estimates

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

7,000 fires.
255 deaths.
675 injuries.
$408,700,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

A 1% decrease in fires.
A 20% decrease in deaths.
A 4% decrease in injuries.
A 52% increase in dollar loss^*.
The 2022 high-dollar loss fires 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 2023 value.

Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss

Residential building smoking fires (2014-2023)

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fires	7,600	8,000	7,700	7,800	7,700	7,000	7,900	7,800	8,600	7,000

Residential building smoking fire deaths (2014-2023)

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Deaths	325	320	375	300	390	320	330	275	295	255

Residential building smoking fire injuries (2014-2023)

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Injuries	775	675	750	700	700	750	725	750	700	675

Residential building smoking fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

Year	Dollar loss
2014	295,900,000
2015	328,800,000
2016	354,800,000
2017	376,600,000
2018	387,000,000
2019	374,700,000
2020	434,400,000
2021	406,500,000
2022	547,300,000
2023	408,700,000

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.