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Educational
Dormitories, Fraternities, Sororities and Barracks
Jennifer D. Flynn, August 2007
Cost: $25.00. pages. Order # PKG04.
Overview of the fire problem in dormitories, fraternities, sororities and barracks, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin. Also includes published incident descriptions, published articles and investigation reports and summaries.
Abstract: In 2002-2005, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated annual average of 3,300 structure fires in dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and barracks. These fires caused an annual average of 7 civilian deaths, 46 civilian fire injuries, and $25 million in direct property damage. Fires in dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and barracks are more common during the evening hours, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., as well as on weekends.
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Educational Properties
Jennifer D. Flynn, August 2007
Cost: $25.00. 107 pages. Order # PKG14.
Overview of the educational fire problem including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year, and area of origin. Also includes published incident descriptions, published articles and investigation reports and summaries.
Abstract: In 2002-2005, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 6,560 structure fires in educational properties, annually. These fires caused an annual average of 95 civilian fire injuries and $99 million in direct property damage. There were no civilian fire deaths due to structure fires reported in these properties during this time period. Fires in these properties peak between 9:00 a.m. and 2:59 p.m. and 1 out of every 5 of these fires were intentionally set. A quarter of the structure fires in educational properties were cooking equipment fires and another 25% were contained trash or rubbish fires.|
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Health-Care Facilities
U.S. Structure Fires in Nursing Homes
Jennifer Flynn, September 2008
Cost $25.00 126 pages. Order #PKG33
This report provides an overview of the fire problem in nursing homes. Includes trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin. Also includes published incident descriptions, published articles and investigation reports and summaries.
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Facilities That Care For The Aged (Including Nursing Homes and Residential Board and Care)
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 26 pages. Order # USS12D.
Overview of the fire problem in facilities that care for the aged, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.
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Health Care Facilities (Excluding Nursing Homes)
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 27 pages. Order # USS12E.
Overview of the fire problem in health care facilities, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.
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High-Rise
High-Rise Building Fires
John R. Hall, Jr., August 2005
Cost: $25.00. 74 pages. Order # USS30
Four property classes account for the majority of high-rise fires: office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, and hospitals (and other facilities that care for the sick). In 2002, high-rise buildings in these four property classes combined had 7,300 reported structure fires and associated losses of 15 civilian deaths, 300 civilian injuries, and $26 million in direct property damage. Automatic fire protection equipment and fire-resistive construction are much more common in high-rise buildings that have fires than in other buildings of the same use that have fires. The risk of death in a high-rise apartment or a high-rise hotel is lower than in fires occurring in non-high-rise apartments or hotels.
This report provides an overall statistical perspective on the fire experience in high-rise buildings, including analysis and discussion of risk in high-rise vs. other properties.
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All visitors: Download the abstract and table of contents for free.(PDF, 18 KB)
All visitors: Download an errata for this report. (PDF, 17 KB)
High-Rise Fatal Fires Listing
June 2005
Cost: $25.00. 33 pages. Order # PKG07.
All fatal high-rise fires known to NFPA throughout the world, during the years 1911-2004.
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High-Rise Fires–Hotels
April 2002
Cost: $25.00. 160 pages. Order # PKG08.
Selected published incident descriptions and statistics from the High-Rise Building Fires Report.
High-Rise Fires–Office Buildings
April 2002
Cost: $25.00. 165 pages. Order # PKG21.
Selected published incident descriptions and statistics from the High-Rise Building Fires Report.
High-Rise Fires–Apartments
April 2002
Cost: $25.00. 121 pages. Order # PKG22.
Selected published incident descriptions, including mixed office/apartment occupancies and statistics from the High-Rise Building Fires Report.
Non-Residential
U.S. Structure Fires in Barns
Jennifer Flynn, October 2008
Cost $25.00 29 pages. Order #USS74
This report provides an overview of the fire problem in livestock and poultry storage, including barns, stockyards, and animal pens. This report includes statistics on major causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and item first ignited.
Abstract: In 2002-2005, U.S. municipal fire departments responded to an estimated average of 1,090 barn structure fires, annually. These fires resulted in an annual average of 2 civilian deaths, 10 civilian injuries, and $32.4 million in direct property damage. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. Almost a quarter of the fires in these properties were caused by heating equipment, of which heat lamps were the leading heating equipment involved.
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Prisons and Jails
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 25 pages. Order # USS12F.
Overview of the fire problem in prisons and jails, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.
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Stores and Other Mercantile Properties
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 27 pages. Order # USS12I.
Overview of the fire problem in stores and other mercantile properties, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.
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Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities
Jennifer Flynn, May 2007
Cost: $25.00 (free to the fire service). 26 pages. Order# USS12J.
An overview of industrial and manufacturing property fires, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year, and area of origin.
Abstract: Industrial and manufacturing properties include utility, defense, agriculture and mining properties, and manufacturing and processing properties. In 2000-2004, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 12,000 fires in these properties. These fires caused an annual average of 17 civilian deaths, 365 civilian fire injuries, and $747 million in direct property damage. Fires in these properties accounted for 2.3% of all reported structure fires within the same time period. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. Shop tools or industrial equipment were involved in 15% of reported fires and the processing or manufacturing area was the leading area of origin for these fires. Ten percent of fires in these properties began with flammable or combustible liquids or gases, filters, or piping and caused 28% of the civilian fire deaths and 35% of the civilian fire injuries. An average of 42,600 outside and other fires were reported per year at these properties, this is more than 3.5 times the reported industrial and manufacturing property structure fires.
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U.S. Structure Fires in Office Properties
Jennifer Flynn, May 2007
Cost: $25.00 (free to the fire service). 27 pages. Order# USS12N.
An overview of office property fires, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year, and area of origin.
Abstract: Office properties include general business offices, banks, veterinary or research offices, engineering, mailing firms and post offices. In 2000-2004, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 3,810 structure fires in these properties. These fires caused an annual average of one civilian death, 33 civilian injuries, and $118 million in direct property damage. Fires in these properties accounted for 0.7% of all reported structure fires within the same time period. The events of September 11, 2001 are not included in these statistics.These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. Forty-one percent of fires reported in office properties occurred in single-story buildings. Most (71%) of the reported fires in office properties began on the first floor, regardless of the number of stories in the building. Cooking was the leading cause of these structure fires and 20% of the fires in these establishments began in kitchens or cooking areas. Only 11% of office property fires started in offices themselves.
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Storage Properties Excluding Dwelling Garages
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 28 pages. Order # USS12K.
Overview of the fire problem with storage properties, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.
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Petroleum Refineries and Natural Gas Plants
January 2002
Cost: $25.00. 87 pages. Order # PKG13.
Statistical analysis of fires at petroleum refineries and natural gas plants including trends, incident type data, and area of origin, equipment involved, form of heat of ignition, ignition factor and forms and type of material first ignited in structure fires and outside fires. Published incident descriptions are also included.
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Service Stations and Motor Vehicle Repair Shops
Marty Ahrens, April 2002
Cost: $25.00. 176 pages. Order # PKG15.
Incident types and trend data are provided for public, private and marine service stations and motor vehicle repair or paint shops. Sections on public service stations and motor vehicle repair or paint shops also include information on ignition factors, area of origin, equipment involved, form of heat of ignition, and form and type of material first ignited for structure fires, vehicle fires and outside and other fires. Published incident descriptions are included for all except marine service stations.
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Sections of the report are available separately. Sections include statistics and published incident descriptions:
Flammable or Combustible Liquid Tank Storage
Marty Ahrens, April 2002
Cost $25.00. 78 pages. Order # PKG17A
Statistical analysis of fires at flammable and combustible liquid storage tank facilities including trends, ignition factors, equipment involved, area of origin, form of heat of ignition, form and type of material first ignited and level of fire origin. Mobile property type and trend data area provided for vehicle fires. Published incident descriptions are also included.
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Vacant or Idle Properties or Properties Under Construction or Demolition or Renovation
August 2001
Cost: $25.00. 163 pages. Order # PKG19.
Selections from the U.S. Overview Report on structures that are vacant or under construction, renovation or demolition, Occupancy Cause Tables, and selected published incident descriptions.
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LP-Gas Bulk Storage
Marty Ahrens, October 2003
Cost: Free. 44 pages Order # PKG17B
Statistical analysis of fires at flammable and combustible liquid storage tank facilities including trends, ignition factors, equipment involved, area of origin, form of heat of ignition and form and type of material first ignited. Mobile property type and trend data area provided for vehicle fires. Published incident descriptions are also included.
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Public Assembly
Eating and Drinking Establishments
Jennifer Flynn, February 2007
Cost: $25.00 (free to the fire service). 27 pages. Order # USS12A.
Abstract: Eating and drinking establishments include restaurants, cafeterias or diners, nightclubs or dinner theaters, taverns, and lunchrooms, snack bars, or fast food facilities excluding delicatessens. In 2000-2004, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 8,520 structure fires in these properties. These fires caused an annual average of 3 civilian deaths, 113 civilian fire injuries, and $190 million in direct property damage. The 2003 Rhode Island Station nightclub fire that claimed 100 lives is not included in these statistics . Fires in these properties accounted for 1.6% of all reported structure fires within the same time period. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. Not surprisingly, cooking was the leading cause of these structure fires and half of the fires in these establishments began in kitchens or cooking areas. Cooking materials, including foods, accounted for 15% of the direct property damage in these properties, and fires starting in structural members or framing accounted for 14%. The potential life safety hazard is high for these properties, a fact that was brought to light with the 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire.
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Public Assembly Properties (Excluding Eating & Drinking Establishments and Religious and Funeral Prop erties)
Jennifer Flynn, February 2007
Cost: $25.00 (free to the fire service). 27 pages. Order # USS12B
Abstract: Although fatal fires in public assembly properties are relatively rare, the potential life safety hazard is high. In 2000-2004, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated annual average of 4,910 reported fires in public assembly properties, excluding eating and drinking establishments and religious and funeral properties. These fires caused an average of 1 civilian death, 52 civilian fire injuries, and $94.3 million in direct property damage per year. Fires in these properties accounted for 0.9% of all structure fires during the same time period. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. The leading area of origin was in the kitchen or cooking area when combined with confined cooking fires and the leading item first ignited was rubbish or trash when combined with contained trash and rubbish fires. Outside fires were more than twice as common as structure fires on these properties. Eating and drinking establishments and religious and funeral properties have been excluded from this analysis and are examined separately.
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Religious and Funeral Properties
Jennifer Flynn, February 2007
Cost: $25.00 (free to the fire service). 29 pages. Order # USS12P.
Abstract: Religious and funeral properties include churches, temples, mosques, religious education facilities, funeral parlors and related properties. During 2000-2004, an estimated average of 1,810 structure fires were reported in these properties, causing an annual average of 2 civilian deaths, 16 civilian fire injuries, and $98 million in direct property damage. Fires in these properties accounted for 0.3% of all structure fires for the same time period. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual fire department experience survey. The leading area of origin was in the kitchen and the leading item first ignited was cooking materials, including foods, when combined with confined cooking fires. Thirty-three percent of the direct property damage resulted from the ignition of structural members or framing.
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Residential
Homes (includes one- and two-family dwellings, apartments, manufactured homes, and dwelling garages)
Marty Ahrens, January 2009
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 71 pages. Order # USS12G.
Abstract: NFPA estimates that U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 378,600 reported home structure fires per year during the four-year-period of 2003-2006. These fires caused an estimated average of 2,850 civilian deaths, 13,090 civilian injuries, and $6.1 billion in direct property damage per year. More than two-thirds (70%) of the reported home structure fires and 84% of the fatal home fire injuries occurred in one- or two-family dwellings, including manufactured homes. The remainder occurred in apartments or similar properties.
Cooking equipment is the leading cause of home structure fires and home fire injuries, while smoking materials are the leading causes of home fire deaths. Roughly half of all home fire deaths result from incidents reported between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Twenty-four percent of all home fire deaths were caused by fires that started in the bedroom; 23% resulted from fires originating in the living room, family room, or den. Although smoke alarms operated in 52% of the reported home fires, no working smoke alarm was present in 63% of the home fire deaths.
These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) annual fire department experience survey.
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U.S. Hotel And Motel Structure Fires
Marty Ahrens, March 2008
Cost; $10.00 (Free to the fire service). 50 pages. Order #PKG35.
Overview of the fire problem in hotels and motels, including trend tables, causes, equipment involved, heat source, area of origin, item first ignited, extent of flame, time of day, day of week, month of year and selected published incidents.
Abstract:NFPA estimates that U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 3,900 reported hotel and motel structure fires per year during the four-year-period of 2002-2005. These fires caused an estimated average of 11 civilian deaths, 144 civilian injuries, and $64 million in direct property damage per year.
On average, one of every 12 hotels or motels reported a structure fire. Most were minor. Cooking equipment was the leading cause of hotel and motel structure fires. The largest share of casualties occurred in fires that started in bedrooms. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) annual fire department experience survey.
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Rooming and Boarding Houses
Marty Ahrens, March 2006
Cost: $10.00 (free to the fire service). 23 pages. Order # USS12M.
Overview of the fire problem in rooming and boarding houses, including trend tables, causes, time of day, day of week, month of year and area of origin.
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Structure Fires in Residential Board and Care Facilities
Marty Ahrens, November 2006
Cost: $25.00. 21 pages. Order #USS40
This analysis of structure fires in residential board and care facilities includes information on when these fires occur, leading causes, equipment involved, heat source, area of origin, item first ignited, and extent of flame damage.
Abstract: Based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA’s) annual fire department experience survey, NFPA estimates that an average of 2,080 structure fires in residential board and care facilities per year were reported to U.S. fire departments during 2000-2004. These fires caused an estimated average of six civilian deaths, 62 civilian injuries and $11.5 million in direct property damage per year. Cooking caused more than two-thirds of these incidents, but two-thirds of the deaths resulted from fires caused by smoking materials.
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Manufactured Home Fires
John R. Hall, Jr., February 2005
Cost: $25.00. 39 pages. Order # USS16.
Manufactured home (i.e., mobile home) fire experience, patterns, and trends are analyzed in this report, which also examines the impact of the 1976 federal standards and fire risks relative to other types of dwellings. Unpublished annual report.
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