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Pagina iniziale > Novità > Idee per articoli > Home Fire Escape > U.S. Residential Fires

U.S. residential fires

While casualties fortunately have declined since 1977, the cost of fires has nearly tripled in the same time period. Following is a closer look at the toll of residential fires over the past 30 years.

(Residential structures include: homes, hotels and motels, dormitories and barracks, but do not include hospitals, nursing homes, residential schools, jails or prisons, among other properties that provide sleeping accommodations.)

Year	Fires	Civilian deaths	Civilian injuries	Direct property damage
1977	750,000	6,135	22,600	$2,179,000,000
1978	730,500	6,185	21,260	$2,192,000,000
1979	721,500	5,765	20,450	$2,529,000,000
1980	757,500	5,446	21,100	$3,042,000,000
1981	733,000	5,540	20,375	$3,259,000,000
1982	676,500	4,940	21,100	$3,253,000,000
1983	641,500	4,820	21,450	$3,306,000,000
1984	623,000	4,240	19,275	$3,440,000,000
1985	622,000	5,025	19,825	$3,774,000,000
1986	581,500	4,770	19,025	$3,556,000,000
1987	551,500	4,660	20,440	$3,669,000,000
1988	552,500	5,065	22,600	$4,020,000,000
1989	513,500	4,435	20,750	$3,998,000,000
1990	467,000	4,115	20,650	$4,253,000,000
1991	478,000	3,575	21,850	$5,552,000,000 ¹
1992	472,000	3,765	21,600	$3,880,000,000
1993	470,000	3,825	22,600	$4,843,000,000 ²
1994	451,000	3,465	20,025	$4,317,000,000
1995	425,500	3,695	19,125	$4,363,000,000
1996	428,000	4,080	19,300	$4,962,000,000
1997	406,500	3,390	17,775	$4,585,000,000
1998	381,500	3,250	17,175	$4,391,000,000
1999	383,000	2,920	16,425	$5,092,000,000
2000	379,500	3,445	17,400	$5,674,000,000
2001	396,500	3,140	15,575	$5,643,000,000
2002	401,000	2,695	14,050	$6,055,000,000
2003	402,000	3,165	14,075	$6,074,000,000 ³
2004	410,500	3,225	14,175	$5,948,000,000

1: Includes $1.5 billion in damage caused by the Oakland, Calif., fire storm. Most damage was to homes, but no detailed breakdown by property type was available.

2: Includes $809 million in damage caused by Southern California wildfires.

3: Does not include Southern California wildfires.

Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission

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