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. |
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