Fire Statistics
12/4/2015 (Permalink)
LIFE SAFETY INFORMATION
FIRE STATISTICS 2014
There can be no doubt, “Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors Save Lives”.
Smoke and CO alarms in working order and placed properly give precious time to escape the
structure.
NEVER, return into the structure during a fire!
The smoke in dwelling fires is deadly and highly toxic.
The worst gas created—HCN (hydrogen cyanide)! It interferes with the normal use of oxygen
by nearly every organ of the body. Exposure to HCN can be rapidly fatal.
That would be because of a lot of the plastics, carpet, glues, resins, on and on, that are now
used in every modern residential dwelling.
Additional Life Saver, “Fire Sprinkler System”.
In Home/Residential Dwelling Fire Sprinklers can usually extinguish a fire with the activation of a
single sprinkler head! One sprinkler head! The future residential dwellings will have fire
sprinklers.
Attached are statistics from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
FIRES IN THE U.S.
In 2014, there were 1,298,000 fires reported in the United States. These fires
caused 3,275 civilian deaths, 15,775 civilian injuries, and $11.6 billion in property
damage.
• 494,000 were structure fires, causing 2,860 civilian deaths, 13,425 civilian
injuries, and $9.8 billion in property damage.
• 193,500 were vehicle fires, causing 345 civilian fire deaths, 1,450 civilian
fire injuries, and $1.5 billion in property damage.
• 610,500 were outside and other fires, causing 70 civilian fire deaths, 900
civilian fire injuries, and $237 million in property damage.
The 2014 U.S. fire loss clock a fire department responded to a fire every 24
seconds. One structure fire was reported every 64 seconds.
• One home structure fire was reported every 86 seconds.
• One civilian fire injury was reported every 33 minutes.
• One civilian fire death occurred every 2 hours and 41 minutes.
• One outside and other fire was reported every 52 seconds.
• One highway vehicle fire was reported every 3 minutes 8 seconds.
Questions on fire safety, life safety, commercial and residential building
inspections, email or call me.
Marc Stankiewicz
WI DSPS Certified Commercial Building Inspector 1136566
Member International Code Council (ICC)
Member National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)