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)