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Primarily based on data collected through the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), our reports address the nature and relevance of the specific fire or fire-related problem, highlight important findings, and suggest other resources to consider for further information.</p></div></div><h2 class="my-4">Our latest reports</h2><div class="row"><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Topical Report</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Multiple-Fatality Fires in Residential Buildings (2021-2023)</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">Common areas such as living and family rooms (24%), followed by bedrooms (19%), were the leading areas of fire origin in multiple-fatality fires in residential buildings.</p><p class="fs-5"><a aria-label="Get Multiple-Fatality Fires in Residential Buildings (2021-2023) snapshot" href="/statistics/reports/who-fire-impacts/multiple-fatality-fires-in-residential-buildings-v23i1.html">Get the snapshot</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Topical Report</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Fire Risk in 2022</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">The risk of death or injury from fire is not the same for everyone. This topical fire report explores fire risk for people living in the United States and why for some groups of people, fire risk is more severe.</p><p class="fs-5 mb-0"><a aria-label="Get the Fire Risk in 2022 snapshot" href="/statistics/reports/who-fire-impacts/fire-risk-2022-v22i6.html">Get the snapshot</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Topical Report</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Fatal Fires in Residential Buildings (2018-2020)</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">Each year, from 2018 to 2020, an estimated average of 1,900 fatal fires in residential buildings occurred in the U.S.</p><p class="card-text small">These fires resulted in an annual estimated average of 2,745 deaths, 625 injuries and $230 million in property loss.</p><p class="fs-5 mb-0"><a aria-label="Read the Fatal Fires in Residential Buildings (2018-2020) report" href="/statistics/reports/who-fire-impacts/fatal-fires-residential-buildings-v22i2.html">Read the report</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Topical Report</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Fire Department Overall Run Profile as Reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (2020)</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">Fire departments provide invaluable services to communities nationwide. To understand their full role in a community, this topical report profiles fire department run activity as reflected in the 2020 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release file.</p><p class="card-text small">Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the reported calls required emergency medical services and rescue services from fire departments.</p><p class="fs-5 mb-0"><a aria-label="Read the Fire Department Overall Run Profile as Reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (2020) report" href="/statistics/reports/firefighters-departments/fire-department-run-profile-v22i1.html">Read the report</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Data Snapshot</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Recreational Vehicle Fires (2018-2020)</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">Each year, from 2018 to 2020, an estimated average of 4,200 recreational vehicle (RV) fires were reported to fire departments within the U.S. Annually, these fires resulted in an estimated average of 15 civilian deaths, 125 civilian injuries and $60,300,000 in loss.</p><p class="card-text small">In 36% of the RV fires, the cause of ignition was unintentional actions, followed by failure of equipment or heat source (15%).</p><p class="fs-5 mb-0"><a aria-label="Get the Recreational Vehicle Fires (2018-2020) snapshot" href="/statistics/reports/where-fires-occur/snapshot-rv-fires.html">Get the snapshot</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Topical Report</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Portable Heater Fires in Residential Buildings (2017-2019)</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">This report describes the characteristics of all portable heater fires in residential buildings reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System for 2017-2019.</p><p class="card-text small">While portable heater fires in residential buildings were only 3% of all heating fires in residential buildings, their consequences were substantial, accounting for 41% of fatal heating fires in residential buildings. Many of these fires were preventable, as human error was a contributing factor to the fire.</p><p class="fs-5 mb-0"><a aria-label="Read the Portable Heater Fires in Residential Buildings (2017-2019) report" href="/statistics/reports/fire-causes/portable-heater-fires-residential-buildings-v21i11.html">Read the report</a></p></div></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 mb-4"><div class="card border-0 h-100"><div class="card-body"><div class="badge bg-danger mb-3">Topical Report</div><h3 class="h4 card-title">Heating Fires in Residential Buildings (2017-2019)</h3><p class="card-text fs-5 balance-text">This report describes the characteristics of all heating fires in residential buildings reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System for 2017-2019.</p><p class="card-text small">Although trending downward since the early 1980's, heating fires remained the second leading cause of residential building fires.</p><p class="fs-5 mb-0"><a aria-label="Read the Heating Fires in Residential Buildings (2017-2019) report" href="/statistics/reports/fire-causes/heating-fires-residential-buildings-v21i10.html">Read the report</a></p></div></div></div></div><h2 class="mt-5">Fire in the United States</h2><p>This collection of reports looks at the U.S. fire problem in 10-year periods, beginning in 1985. The reports provide a statistical overview of the fire problem that can motivate corrective action. They can also be used to select priorities, help target fire programs, and serve as a model for state or local analyses of fire data.</p><p class="fs-5"><a href="https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/publications/display?search=Fire%20in%20the%20United%20States">Browse the Fire in the United States report collection</a></p><h2 class="mt-5">Archived topical fire reports</h2><p>This spreadsheet contains links to older topical reports that we have archived off our website.</p><ul class="list-unstyled"><li><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="/downloads/xls/archived_topical_reports.xlsx"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-xls"></span> Download archived topical reports spreadsheet <span class="initialism">XLS</span></a></li></ul><h2 class="mt-5">Data sources for our reports</h2><p>Our reports reflect the most current data year available at the time of analysis. In priority order, we primarily rely on these data sources:</p><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table"><caption class="visually-hidden">Data sources for our reports</caption><thead><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Data available</th></tr></thead><tr><td>National Fire Incident Reporting System incident-level data</td><td>10 to 18 months after the end of the calendar year</td></tr><tr><td>National Center for Health Statistics vital records</td><td>2 plus years after the end of the calendar year</td></tr><tr><td>National Fire Protection Association survey estimates</td><td>9 months after the end of the calendar year</td></tr></table></div><p class="small">Other data sources include the Consumer Price Index and the U.S. Census Bureau.</p><h2 class="mt-5">Methodology documentation</h2><p>These documents describe the data sources and methodology we use to calculate our fire loss estimates.</p><ul class="fa-ul"><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/national_fire_estimation_using_nfirs_data.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> White paper: National Fire Estimation Using NFIRS Data May 2017 <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></li><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/data_sources_methodology.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> Data Sources and Methodology Documentation <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></li><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/national_estimate_methodology.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> National Estimates Methodology for Building Fires and Losses <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></li></ul><h2 class="mt-5">Topical Fire Report Series</h2><p>Data sources and methodology documentation.</p><div class="row"><div class="col-12 col-md-6"><ul class="fa-ul"><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/data-sources-and-national-estimates-methodology-vol22.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> Topical Fire Report Series Volume 22 <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></li><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/data-sources-and-national-estimates-methodology-vol21.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> Topical Fire Report Series Volume 21 <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></li><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/data_sources_and_national_estimates_methodology_vol20.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> Topical Fire Report Series Volume 20 <span class="initialism">PDF</span></a></li><li class="mb-3"><a href="/downloads/pdf/statistics/data_sources_and_national_estimates_methodology_vol19.pdf"><span class="fa-sharp fa-regular fa-file-pdf fa-li"></span> Topical Fire Report Series Volume 19 <span 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