• In 2008, U.S. fire departments responded to 386,500 home fires. These fires killed 2,755 civilians. Eighty-three percent of all fire deaths resulted from home fires.
• Someone was injured in a home fire every 40 minutes and roughly eight people died in home fires every day during 2008.
• A fire department responded to a home fire every 81 seconds.
• Almost two-thirds of reported home fire deaths in 2003-2006 resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
• About 1/3 of home fires and deaths happened in the months of December, January and February.
• Cooking continues to be the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries.
• The kitchen is the leading area of origin for home fires. However, bedrooms and living/family rooms are the leading areas of origin for home fire deaths.
Reproduced from NFPA’s Fire Prevention Week Web site, www.firepreventionweek.org. ©2009 NFPA.
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