Civilian (Nonfirefighter) Fire Deaths And Injuries By Property Use, 2015

 

Property use   Civilian fire deaths Percent change from 2014 Percent of all civilian fire deaths Civilian fire injuries
Residential 2,605 6.8% 79.4% 11,575
     1 and 2 family homes (1)   2,155 -8.1 65.7 8,050
     Apartments   405 1.3 12.3 3,025
     Other residential (2) 45 -10.0 1.4 500
Nonresidential structures (3) 80 23.1 2.4 1,425
Highway vehicles   445 43.5 13.6 1,550
Other vehicles (4) 55 57.1 1.7 325
All other fires (5)  95 35.7 2.9 825
Total   3,280 1.1% 100.0% 15,700
(1) Includes manufactured homes. (2) Includes hotels and motels, college dormitories, boarding houses, etc. (3) Includes public assembly, educational, institutional, store and office, industry, utility, storage and special structure properties. (4) Includes trains, boats, ships, farm vehicles and construction vehicles. (5) Includes outside properties with value, as well as brush, rubbish and other outside locations. Source: Reproduced with permission from Fire Loss in the United States During 2015 by Hylton J.G. Haynes, ©National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics.