FIRE LOSS IN THE UNITED STATES 2007

U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,557,500 fires. These fires resulted in 3,430 civilian fire fatalities, 17,675 civilian fire injuries and an estimated $14,639,000,000 in direct property loss. There was a civilian fire death every 153 minutes and a civilian fire injury every 30 minutes in 2007. Home fires caused 2,865, or 84%, of the civilian fire deaths. Fires accounted for six percent of the 25,334,500 total calls. Nine percent of the calls were false alarms; sixty-two percent of the calls were for aid such as EMS.